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Blackheart Man
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Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
jam blackheart man Blackheart man
Etymology
Compound of jam black heart man black heart man.
Pronunciation
jam /ˈblak.hɑːt ˈman/
jam black heart man
Noun
jam propn 1
a man from a Jamaican urban legend who kidnaps little children; bogeyman
jam When time di pickney dem 'ear seh Blackheart Man deh near, dem tek off lakka rocket. As soon as the kids heard that the bogeyman was nearby, they ran like the wind.
en Charles Price 978-0-8147-6746-7 24 “There is also the mythical "Blackheart man," a shadowy and dangerous bearded figure believed to eat living human hearts and abduct children by enticing them with sweets. ” jam Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica https://books.google.de/books?id=OC399TZD2BwC&pg=PA24&dq=%22Blackheart+Man%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiD1tOx44ztAhXQGuwKHam4A3kQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Blackheart%20Man%22&f=false 2009 on
See also
jam Rolling Calf
Further reading
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