Meaning of duppy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.
   Caribbean, Jamaica
2. A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).
   Jamaica

Examples

“They firmly believe⟳ in the apparition of spectres. Those of deceased friends are duppies; others, of more hostile and tremendous aspect, like⟳ our raw-head-and-bloody-bones, are called bugaboos.”

“Then on the left me see⟳ a duppy and try⟳ to run⟳.”

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