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Patwa

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Root

Jine up outta: leggo + beast.

Sound

  • IPA: /ˈlɛɡʌ‿biːs/
  • bruck up: le‧ggo‧beast

Noun

leggo beast · plural: (di) leggo beast dem · nuff: leggo beast

  1. (coarse) gyal weh lie wid nuff man[1]
    Example
    A dutty gyal dat, shi come een like leggo beast.
  2. (coarse) hothead yute or gyal weh hawd fi control.[2]
    Example
    Di man call di people dem pickney leggo beast true dem carry on bad an' run weh di teacha.

Haffi mention

  1. Calypso Drift (Steinberg Henry), 2014, ISBN 978-1-4931-5465-4, page 50
  2. Countryman Karl Black (Neville Farki), 1981, ISBN 0-904521-21-4, page 60