dunce bat

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌnsˌbat/
  • Hyphenation: dunce‧bat

Noun

dunce bat (plural dunce bat dem, quantified dunce bat)

  1. dunce; idiot; moron
    Synonyms: claffy, eediat, jackass, lagga head
    • 2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language‎ (in English), →ISBN, page 43:
      “dunce bat (bat): n. - an extremely ignorant or illiterate person […] ”
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