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    Patwa headword

    Press

    /PRES/

    Verb
    Gloss
    "Iron clothes / Pressure"
    Definition
    To iron clothes, or to apply pressure to someone.
    Example
    "Mi have to press mi shirt fi work."
    Origin
    English.

    As an everyday term, Press 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.