(Caribbean, Jamaica) A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.
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(Jamaica, game) A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).
Then on the left me see a duppy and try to run.
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(MLE, MTE, transitive) To kill; to murder.
2008, Kingsley Ogundele, online message quoted in 2010 January 27, Rob Sharp, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150326221244/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/csi-chatroom-1879675.html "CSI: Chatroom"], The I…
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