Blackheart Man
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Jamaican Creole[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of black (“black”) + heart (“heart”) + man (“man”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Blackheart Man
- a man from a Jamaican urban legend who kidnaps little children; bogeyman
- When time di pickney dem 'ear seh Blackheart Man deh near, dem tek off lakka rocket.
- As soon as the kids heard that the bogeyman was nearby, they ran like the wind.
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Further reading[edit]
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 105