sky juice
English
Noun
- (Bahamas) A drink combining coconut water (or coconut milk), condensed milk (or evaporated milk), and alcohol, especially gin.
- Synonym: gully wash
- (Jamaica) A drink of shaved ice flavoured with syrup or fresh cane juice, typically served in a plastic bag.
- (slang) Rain.
- (Malaysia, slang) plain water; drinking water
Synonyms
- (drink of shaved ice): suck-suck
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- sky-juice
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskaɪ ˈd͡ʒuːs/
- Hyphenation: sky‧juice
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (plural sky juice dem or sky juices dem, quantified sky juice)
- A snow cone served in a clear plastic bag instead of a cone ; Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Synonym: suck-suck
- Mi cyaan drink bag juice inna di sun hot. Sell me a sky juice, Fudgie.
- It's too hot out to drink bag juice. I'd like a sky juice, Fudgie.
See also
- bag juice
- suck-suck
Further reading
- Richard Allsopp, editor (2003) Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 512
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