barn : born. “From A barn” = since I was born; in all my life.
bat’ : bath.
bate : rest.
’batin’ : abating.
batter : toil and moil.
beas’ : beast; i.e., horse, mule, or donkey.
beat de eight : do eight hours beat-duty.
becausen : because.
bedouten : without.
behin’ : behind.
be’n : was, were; e.g., “be’n deh fret” = were fretting.
bex’ : vexed.
big-tree. A certain big tree in Kingston is the resort of idlers and vicious characters.
bluff : big.
bluff : insult.
boun’ : bound; bind, oblige; are bound.
’bout, ’bouten : about.
brukfus’ : breakfast,—the midday meal.
bud : bird.
bulldog boots : rope-soled slippers.
bumming : cadging, begging for gifts. The u has the value of the oo in book.
bungo : black African.
caan’ : can’t. A y is often slipped in after the c. Pronounce kahn or kyahn.
car’ : carry.
’causen : because.
’cep’ : except.
chat, all deh : all are saying (how bad the policemen are),
chicaney : tricky.
