单词 | jamette carnival |
释义 | > as lemmasJamette Carnival Jamette Carnival n. historical the carnival celebrations in Trinidad in the latter half of the 19th cent., characterized especially by stick fighting and brash, loutish, or obscene behaviour. ΚΠ 1956 Caribbean Q. 4 188 It is described as ‘Jamette Carnival’ because of the wide currency at that time of the word (diamètre or diamèt) which was applied to..the people below the diameter of respectability, or the ‘underworld’. 1979 B. Brereton Race Relations Colonial Trinidad viii. 171 Throughout the 1870s the attitude taken by the authorities towards the jamet Carnival was vacillating. 2007 P. R. Franco in G. L. Green & P. W. Scher Trinidad Carnival i. 29 The Jamette Carnival..shifted the focus away from the private masquerade balls to the public or street festival. < as lemmas |
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