Bustamante backbone

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English

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Etymology

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Named after Alexander Bustamante, Jamaican politician; the hard texture is supposed to symbolize his firmness of character.

Noun

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Bustamante backbone (uncountable)

  1. (Jamaica) A hard confection made with grated coconut and ginger.

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Refers to the resoluteness of Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante, Jamaica's first prime minister.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʌstaˌmantɪ ˈbakˈbʷoːn/
  • Hyphenation: Bus‧ta‧man‧te‧back‧bone

Noun

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Bustamante backbone (plural Bustamante backbone dem, quantified Bustamante backbone)

  1. Bustamante backbone
    • 1996, Honor Ford Smith, My Mother's Last Dance, page 80:
      Yuh see whentime you read it inna
      Star seh stranger come in a district
      And lickle more a pickney disappear?
      Is Fallen Angel carry dem way
      Fallen Angel love sweetie,
      bulla cake or Bustamante backbone
      and especially paradise plum.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2006, L. A. Augustin, Sound Awareness (in English), →ISBN, page 62:
      “The Bustamante Backbone was so very good, she remembered. They were a delicious jaw-breaking delight. The children called them "Busta". She could almost taste them, still. Verona wondered whether that particular candy was still being ... []

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