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Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 49: Fire (sl.) ‘Come lewwe fire one’ is a common invitation to have a drink, generally rum. See fire the acid.at fire the acid (v.) under acid, n.1
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 49: Fire (sl.) ‘Come lewwe fire one’ is a common invitation to have a drink, generally rum. See fire the acid. Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 9: Acid (sl.) Rum.at acid, n.1
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 10: Afternoon. A euphemism for backside.at afternoon, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 74: Marish and the parish will be there: i.e., everybody.at marish and parish, phr.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 58: Habra, Dabra and the Crew. Tom, Dick, and Harry.at habra, dabra and the crew, phr.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 12: Auntie-man. A fussy effeminate man.at auntie-man (n.) under auntie, n.2
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 13: The form backra is used locally, and then usually contemptuously, poor backra, backra johnny.at backra johnny (n.) under backra, adj.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 44: Ecky-becky is a nation, true botheration: / As you touch dem, dem run at the station.at ecky-becky, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 18: Those who preferred to continue wearing the tight-fitting, narrow-hemmed trousers were frequently subjected to ridicule; the trousers were said to resemble gun-barrels or gunmou(t)hs, and street urchins would exclaim ‘buddung’ or ‘biddim’ derisively.at bid-dims, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 18: Bim. ‘A native of Barbados’ [C.O.D].at Bim, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 16: Black hat. Occurs in the expression to behave, or get on like a black hat, i.e. to conduct one-self in an ungentlemanly or uncouth manner.at black hat (n.) under black, adj.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 19: The door just blammed.at blam, v.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 20: Bonny-clabber. Milk naturally clotted on souring.at bonny-clapper, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 21: Bram. A small dancing party [...] hence bram house, a small dance hall.at bram, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 21: The sergeant brassed up his men when he heard they had let the prisoner escape, i.e. gave them a good ‘dressing down’.at brass up (v.) under brass, n.1
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 21: Breadfruit-swopper. A cheap, ordinary sort of person.at breadfruit swapper/swopper (n.) under bread, n.1
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 24: Busylickum. A busybody.at busy-lickum (n.) under busy, adj.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 106: Look at me worrying out my soul-case.at soul-case, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 28: Chat down. To engage a girl in flirtatious talk usually with the idea of ‘making a date’.at chat down (v.) under chat, v.1
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 29: A cheese boy was a dude, a cheese girl, one’s sweetheart.at cheese, adj.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 29: Cheese / cheese on! Delighted and vociferous crowds called out Cheese, cheese! at H.R.H. Princess Margaret. [...] (Occasionally cheese on bread! or chee-don!) Expression of denoting approbation or admiration.at cheese!, excl.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 29: Chink. Bed-bug.at chinch, n.1
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 30: Chinky. Stingerly, miserly.at chinchy, adj.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 35: Coppers. [...] the word is also used in a sense similar to spondulicks, dough, etc.: as He can buy a car; he got the coppers.at copper, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 38: Daru. Rum.at daru, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 409: Do-flicky. Any small tool or gadget.at dooflicker, n.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 42: Duck’s guts. In trouble; as, If you get catch doing that boy, you going to be in the duck’s guts.at duck’s guts, the (n.) under duck, n.1
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 59: Hard [...] hard-ears, or heard-eared; disobedient.at hard-ears, adj.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 47: The Scots word is occasionally used in its correct sense of bother or trouble. Don’t fash yourself.at fash, v.
Notes for Gloss. of Barbadian Dial. 48: The district where he lived has been hit hard by the hurricane. I asked him how he had fared [...] ‘Fine, chief. Everything mash up fine, fine, fine.’.at fine-fine (adv.) under fine, adj.
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