dovecot

See also: Dovecot

English

Noun

dovecot (plural dovecots)

1. Alternative spelling of dovecote.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 412:

     In 1430 King's College, Cambridge, sells the pigeon's dung from its dovecot for 2s. 8d., in 1461 for 3s., in 1537 for 4s.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Probably from Dovecot Memorial Park in Spanish Town, Jamaica (though there are three gravesites located in Jamaica with this name).

Noun

dovecot (plural dovecot dem, quantified dovecot)

1. The grave (a sometimes metaphorical location of death, or the state of death itself)
   • 2008 October 12, “Me Talk With Gunshot”‎^[1]performed by Vybz Kartel:

     Me a talk wid gunshot, mi done chat. Send bwoy go Dovecot, mi love dat

     I talk with (a) gunshot, I'm done chatting. I send (the) boy to the grave, I love that

   • 2009, “Thug Anthem”‎^[2]performed by Blak Rhyno:

     Tuff chatting, dovecot. Me kuff kaff him cause him love chat

     Tough chatting (leads to) the grave. I shoot him because he loves to chat (tough).