pacotille

English[edit]

French pacotille (“junk”)

pacotille (plural pacotilles)

(Trinidad and Tobago) Something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves.

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Probably borrowed from Spanish pacotilla, although the relatively recent attestation of the Spanish term makes this problematic.

pacotille f (plural pacotilles)