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jab molassi

jab molassi is the alternative spelling of jab molassie.

Meaning of jab molassie

Noun

jab molassie (plural jab molassie)

  1. (Trinidad-and-Tobago) 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.
    • A second masquerade character used in the play was the Jab Molassi, or molasses devil. At carnival he is the leaping, prancing masker, his body daubed with black or blue paint, sometimes with molasses, who threatens to besmear spectators unless they pay him off.1972, Errol Hill, The Trinidad Carnival: Mandate for a National Theatre, Austin, Tx.; London: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 109, column 1

Forms of jab molassi

pluraljab molassi

Questions about jab molassi

What is jab molassi the alternative spelling of?
Jab molassi is the alternative spelling of jab molassie.

Words near jab molassi in the dictionary

  1. jab artist
  2. jab artists
  3. jab jab
  4. jab jabs
  5. jab molasie
  6. jab molassi
  7. jab molassie
  8. jab saw
  9. jab saws
  10. jabador
  11. Jabal

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