Yard chicken
A term for a free-range chicken
Patois: Di yawd fowl dem a scratch up di dirt.
English: The yard chickens are scratching up the dirt.
Dutch oven
A heavy cooking pot with a lid
Patois: Mek di curry goat inna di dutchy.
English: Make the curry goat in the Dutch oven.
Alcohol
Rum, often used in rituals and offerings
Patois: Pour white rum at di threshold fi please di ancestors.
English: Pour alcohol at the threshold to please the ancestors.
Keep right
To stay on the right side
Patois: Kip rite as yuh go dung di hill
English: Keep right as you go down the hill
Cleaner
A person who cleans
Patois: Di kleena a tidy up di office.
English: The cleaner is tidying up the office.