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jumbies

jumbies is the plural of jumbie.

jumbies is the plural of jumby.

Meaning of jumbie

Noun

jumbie (plural jumbies)

  1. (Caribbean) A ghost or evil spirit.
    • If one wants to see “jumbies” “duppies” ghosts, all that is necessary is to put in your eye the tears from the eyes of a pie-bald horse. It is no use explaining to a negro that what he has taken to be a “jumbie” or apparition, is a tree or rock or other natural object.1882, G.H. Hawtayne, “Occasional notes: West Indian Folk-lore”, in Timehri: Being the Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana, volume 1, page 145

Phrases with jumbies

Questions about jumbies

What is jumbies the plural of?
Jumbies is the plural of jumbie.

Words near jumbies in the dictionary

  1. jumbie
  2. jumbie bead
  3. jumbie beads
  4. jumbie bean
  5. jumbie beans
  6. jumbies
  7. jumbis
  8. jumble
  9. jumble sale
  10. jumble sales
  11. jumble together

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