carochies
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Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From corotos, plural of Spanish coroto.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]carochies
- odds and ends, junk, stuff
- Tek yuh carochies an' come outta mi house.
- Pack your shit and get out of my house.
- (literally, “Take your junk”)
- 2002, Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English[2] (in English), →ISBN, page 92:
- “CAROCHIES, CAROCHY /karúochiz, koróchi/ sb chiefly dial (usually plur); <Amer Sp corotos, playthings, tools of trade, chattels, trumpery, trash, stuff (Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia). Things of little value; rubbish. […] ”
References
[edit]- ^ Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English[1] (in English), →ISBN, page 92: ““CAROCHIES, CAROCHY /karúochiz, koróchi/ sb chiefly dial (usually plur); <Amer Sp corotos, playthings, tools of trade, chattels, trumpery, trash, stuff (Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia). Things of little value; rubbish. […] ””