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Definitions
A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.
Word origin
Jamaica, circa 18th century. From Bube dupe (“ghost”) (compare Akan adɔpe).
Used in a sentence
“They firmly believe in the apparition of spectres. Those of deceased friends are duppies; others, of more hostile and tremendous aspect, like our raw-head-and-bloody-bones, are called bugaboos.”
“Then on the left me see a duppy and try to run.”
“He duppied my bredren and as long as I could remember Paps was telling me not to trust the Feds.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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