manjack

Definitions

1. A person; the average or common person; anybody.
   Caribbean
2. A form of bitumen-rich asphalt found in Barbados and Trinidad.
   uncountable
3. Various plants in the genus Cordia.

Examples

“Manjack see⟳ her and stagger, and as if to justify⟳ he staggering, he lean⟳ over to me and whisper⟳: "Let⟳ we fire some rum." I tell⟳ he let⟳ we get⟳ pass⟳ the introductions first.”

“The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.”

“In outward form⟳ and general appearance manjack is not unlike fine coal and is essentially a bituminous substance.”

“Oil-shales are often the last⟳ relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.”

“Manjack is the local name⟳ give⟳ to a naturally occurring variety of bitumen that was first mined in Trinidad just before the turn⟳ of the century. It has been variously spelt Manjac, Manjak, Munjac or Munjack.”

“Buck Island's uplands forest cover⟳ also includes frangipani, turpentine, Jamaican caper, manjack, Ginger Thomas, and water mampoo trees.”

“It was unsigned and merely ordered: Meet⟳ me under the great manjack tree. Lucinda did not need⟳ a signature.”

“Amid the scenery, the manjack tree grew quite low. Although it didn't grow⟳ very tall, its branches extended over two-thirds of the river in a daring, if not overbearing, fashion.”

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