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    Patwa headword

    Gully

    /GUL-ee/

    Noun
    Gloss
    "Drainage / Ghetto"
    Definition
    A concrete drainage ditch. Also refers to the inner-city or impoverished neighborhoods built near these ditches.
    Example
    "Him come from di gully."
    Origin
    Derived from English 'gully'.

    As an urban slang term, Gully 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.