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jab molassie

noun
/ˈd͡ʒæb məˈlæsiː/UK/ˈd͡ʒæb məˈlæsi/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Antillean Creole jab (“devil”) (from French diable (“devil”)) + molassie (“molasses”) (from French mélasse (“molasses; treacle”)).

  1. derived from mélasse
  2. derived from diable
  3. borrowed from jab

Definitions

  1. A traditional character in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival dressed as a devil, mostly…

    A traditional character in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival dressed as a devil, mostly naked and covered in molasses or grease and a colourful dye.

    • Taking [John] Milton's devils, angels and imps as conceived by a 17th century European imagination, he localised these characters with lines drawn from our indigenous mas, such as bats, jab molassie and demons.

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