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词汇 jab jab
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Definition of jab jab in English:

jab jab

noun
West Indian
  • A devil, in particular as represented in a carnival masquerade.

    〈西印度〉(尤指在狂欢节化装舞会上表演的)魔鬼

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I also liked Edwards’ nod to T & T Carnival in the costumes of the jab jabs whose cracking whips made the air electric during Jesus’ flaying under Pilate.
    • While people in town are more familiar with the "dutty" mud and grease-covered jab-jabs with long tails and whips, in the country districts they were a more familiar sight dressed as "pretty devils".
    • Around the occasion, a colorful cast of Carnival characters grew up – devils called Jab Jabs (from the French ‘diable’), human donkeys called burrokeets, bandits called Midnight Robbers, clowns called Pierrot Grenade, giants on stilts called Moko Jumbies.
    • There was the ole mas, the jab jab, the stickmen, the small bands going up and down the one-street town.

Origin

French Creole, from French diable diable 'devil devil'.

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