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    Patwa headword

    Cubbitch

    /KUB-itch/

    Adjective
    Gloss
    "Stingy / Selfish"
    Definition
    Unwilling to share; mean with money or resources.
    Example
    "Him too cubbitch fi buy a drink." — "He is too stingy to buy a drink."
    Origin
    Derived from English 'covetous'.

    Cubbitch is a Jamaican Patois (Patwa) expression. For a full sentence, run it through the Jamaican Patois translator, or return to the lexicon index.