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passion

Passion fruit

pastel

A dish consisting of mixed meat stewed with capers, olives, raisins and prunes, wrapped in cornmeal, then wrapped in banana or plantain leaves and boi

pastelle

A dish consisting of mixed meat stewed with capers, olives, raisins and prunes, wrapped in cornmeal, then wrapped in banana or plantain leaves and boi

pastilles

A gelatinous candy.

Pastor christen him pickny first

Take care of your own affairs before you attend to the affairs of others.

patacake

The vagina. The female sexual organ.

patois

Local dialect derived from African and various European languages (usually some combination of English, French, Spanish or Dutch)

patoo

Owl

patty

A light flaky pastry filled with a savoury filling. Traditionally they were filled with ground beef, but modern incarnations can have a variety of fil

patty and coco bread

A lunch or snack item consisting of a patty sandwiched inside a coco bread.

patwa

Local dialect derived from African and various European languages (usually some combination of English, French, Spanish or Dutch)

paul bogle

Paul Bogle (ca. 1820 – 1865) was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay Protests, which a

pawi

This species is found only in Trinidad; it is close to extinction. This is a medium-sized cracid, 60 cm in length, and similar in general appearance t

payme

A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spic

payul

Any white person, particularly one in a position of power or authority.

Peacock hide him foot when him hear 'bout him tail.

A proud person hides his weaknesses when praised.

pear

Avocado. Edible pear shaped or round fruit with an egg shaped seed. The flesh is green on the outside and turns yellow closer to the seed.

peas and rice

A dish made from rice and peas or beans. Red kidney beans and gungo are commonly used. The dish is typically prepared with coconut milk and lots of se

pechary

The loggerhead kingbird is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family (Tyrant flycatchers). It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Domi

pecky ecky

Scarred, blotchy skin; (particularly usually the skin on the legs).

pee pee

To urinate

peel head

To be bald. To have no hair on one's head.

Peel neck fowl bawl fi life, im nu bawl fi fedda

Outward beauty isn't the most important thing

peeny

A firefly; A beetle that produces a blinking yellow, orange, or red light via bioluminescence.

peeny wally

A firefly; A beetle that produces a blinking yellow, orange, or red light via bioluminescence.

peewah

Fruit of the Bactris gasipaes which is a species of palm native to the tropical forests of South and Central America. The fruit is a drupe with edible

pefu

To have sexual intercourse

peggy

A person obsessed with something

pelau

A one-pot mixture of peas and rice, cooked with meat

peltin

To dance in a sexually explicit or suggestive manner