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yardie, n. (and a.) slang (orig. W. Indies).|ˈjɑːdɪ|
Also Yardie.
[f. yard n.1 1 g + -ie.]
A member of any of a number of West Indian (esp. Jamaican) gangs engaged in usu. drug-related organized crime; also more generally, a Jamaican. Freq. attrib. or as adj. Cf. *posse n. 1 d.
In Jamaica the word is not applied to members of a local gang, but to Jamaicans who have been gang-members abroad and who return home.
1986City Limits 29 May 77/3 Smiley's rapid-fire comparison of cockney and yardie slangs had given a ray of hope to the English scene. 1986Today 9 July 9/1 The Yard was responding to claims that a Caribbean gang—ironically called The Yardies—has moved into London's Brixton area—and is now setting up its own network of pushers to sell the so-called champagne drug. 1988Financial Times 9 Nov. i. 1/1 Errol Codling—reggae singer Rankin' Dread—the so-called Godfather of Britain's Yardie gangs, was deported to Jamaica, for questioning about murders. 1989Daily Tel. 17 May 3/1 A verdict of unlawful killing was recorded on..a musician..known as ‘Yardie Ron’. 1990Independent 17 Sept. 16/6 Galliano looks like a Jamaican yardie nowadays. |