1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 65: If you cuss John Crow peel-head, turkey wi’ bex.at bex, adj.
1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 22: Brown man wife eat cockroach in corner.at brown man (n.) under brown, adj.2
1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 30: Cubbitch fe one plantain you lose de whole bunch.at cubbitch, adj.
1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 71: If you see fipance you know how dollar mek.at fippence, n.
1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 18: Because parrot mek noise, dem say a him one nyam banana.at nyam, v.
1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 91: Nyam-nyam will fill belly, but breeze no fill gut.at nyam, n.
1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 17: Befo’ pra’pra’ bring fight, mek ground s’ ripple.at pram! pram!, excl.
1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 76: John-crow say him a dandy man, same time him hab so-so fedder.at so-so, adj.2
1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 94: T’ief neber like fe see him brudder ca’ long bag.at t’ief, n.
1929 M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 112: Walk an’ nyam. [...] a sponger.at walk and nyam (n.) under walk, v.