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[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 29: Cow say, ‘Bockra work never done’.
at backra, adj.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 65: If you cuss John Crow peel-head, turkey wi’ bex.
at bex, adj.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 22: Brown man wife eat cockroach in corner.
at brown man (n.) under brown, adj.2
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 53: ‘Good bwoy’ a name for every fool.
at bwoy, n.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 30: Cubbitch fe one plantain you lose de whole bunch.
at cubbitch, adj.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 17: Cuss-cuss no kill John-crow.
at cuss-cuss, n.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 30: Strong-eye pickney neber hab right.
at strong-eye, adj.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 57: Hard-eye pickney neber go good.
at hard-eyes, adj.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 71: If you see fipance you know how dollar mek.
at fippence, n.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 88: [as cit. 1910].
at long-mouth (n.) under long, adj.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 34: Daag mauger him head big.
at mauger, adj.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 18: Because parrot mek noise, dem say a him one nyam banana.
at nyam, v.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 91: Nyam-nyam will fill belly, but breeze no fill gut.
at nyam, n.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 91: Nyanga mek crab go sideways.
at nyanga, n.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 17: Befo’ pra’pra’ bring fight, mek ground s’ ripple.
at pram! pram!, excl.
[US] 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
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 94: T’ief neber like fe see him brudder ca’ long bag.
at t’ief, n.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 96: Poor man never vex.
at vex, adj.
[US] M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 112: Walk an’ nyam. [...] a sponger.
at walk and nyam (n.) under walk, v.
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