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[WI] Cassidy Jamaica Talk 195: Saltfish fried in flour paste is said to be called /àchibóng/ or /àchibómbo/, but no clear source for it has been found.
at aachibombo, n.
[WI] Cassidy Jamaica Talk 217: Another [word] means specifically ‘an alias-man’ (sometimes merely an alias) and more generally a coarse, rough-spoken person.
at alias man, n.
[WI] Cassidy Jamaica Talk 163: A nickname is squeeze-eye.
at squeeze-eye (n.) under squeeze, n.1
[WI] Cassidy Jamaica Talk (2nd edn) 215: There is a common phrase, ‘Chief in town, jinnal mus’ dive,’ chief meaning a gull or potential victim.
at chief, n.
[WI] Cassidy Jamaica Talk (2nd edn) 215: There is a common phrase, ‘Chief in town, jinnal mus’ dive,’ chief meaning a gull or potential victim.
at ginnal, n.
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