Yard

the Yard

1. Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
2. (figurative, metonymic) The Metropolitan Police Service
3. (Jamaica) Jamaica

• (Jamaica) Yardie

• Rady, Dray, Dyar, R-Day, adry, dray

18th century, borrowed from English yard. Doublet of Gerte (“riding crop, whip”). Masculine gender after Meter. Feminine gender after Elle (“ell”).

• IPA^(key): /jart/, [jaʁt], [jaɐ̯t], [jaːt]

Yard n or m (strong, genitive Yard or Yards, plural Yard or Yards) or
Yard (archaic) f (genitive Yard, plural Yard or Yards)

1. (Anglophone contexts, also American football) yard (measure of length equal to ca. 91 cm)

• The plural mostly follows the general German rule for units of measure (except those in -e), namely that it is unchanged after numerals (100 Yard) and optionally unchanged otherwise (einige Yard/Yards). However, the English-type expression (100 Yards) is also found in this case.

• Yaad, Yawd

From English yard.

• IPA^(key): /jɑːd/, /jɔːd/
• Hyphenation: Yard

Yard

1. Jamaica

   No weh nuh better than Yard.

   No place else is better than Jamaica.

   • 1994, Victor Headley, Yush!, →ISBN, page 147:

     “Undeterred, D. repeated: "Consultant, dat is someone who advise people, help dem ina dem work, nuh true?" He didn't wait for confirmation." So really, is only 'bout we as Yard man yuh can advise dem." It was indisputable logic.” […]

     Undeterred, D. repeated: "Consultant, that's someone who who advises people, helps them with their work, isn't that so?" He didn't wait for confirmation." So really, the only thing you can advise them about is us -- people from Jamaica. It was indisputable logic. […]

• Jamaica, Jamdown, Jamrock, Jumieka

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