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    Patwa headword

    Do-good

    /DOO-gud/

    NounVerb
    Gloss
    "Kindness / Behave"
    Definition
    To do a good deed, or a command to behave properly.
    Example
    "Do-good and good will follow yuh."
    Origin
    English.

    As a proverbial term, Do-good is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.