carochies

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from Spanish corotos, plural of coroto.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɹʷoː.t͡ʃɪz/, /kʌˈɹʷoː.t͡ʃɪz/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ro‧chies

Noun

carochies

  1. odds and ends, junk, stuff
    Tek yuh carochies an' come outta mi house.
    Pack your shit and get out of my house.
    (literally, “Take your junk”)
    • 2002, Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English‎[1] (in English), →ISBN, page 92:
      “CAROCHIES, CAROCHY /karúochiz, koróchi/ sb chiefly dial (usually plur); <Amer Sp corotos, playthings, tools of trade, chattels, trumpery, trash, stuff (Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia). Things of little value; rubbish. […] ”

References

  1. ^ F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 92
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