Yardie

See also: yardie

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Yard +‎ -ie.

Noun

Yardie (plural Yardies)

  1. (Jamaica) A Jamaican.
  2. (chiefly British) A member of an Afro-Caribbean gang who engages in organized crime, especially drug trafficking.
    • 2000, Guy Ritchie, Snatch (motion picture), spoken by Sol (Lennie James):
      You are a bad-boy yardie, and bad-boy yardies are supposed to know how to get rid of bodies.

Derived terms

  • Yardie squad

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Jamaican Creole

Noun

Yardie (plural Yardie dem, quantified Yardie)

  1. alternative form of yardie
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