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jumby

jumby is the alternative spelling of jumbie.

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

Forms of jumby

pluraljumbies

Words formed from jumby

Phrases with jumby

Questions about jumby

What is jumby the alternative spelling of?
Jumby is the alternative spelling of jumbie.

Words near jumby in the dictionary

  1. jumbrellas
  2. jumbuck
  3. jumbucks
  4. Jumbuk
  5. Jumbunna
  6. jumby
  7. jumby bean
  8. jumby beans
  9. Jumeira
  10. Jumeira Jane
  11. Jumeira Janes

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