- Gloss
- "Peasant / Gullible"
- Definition
- Historically a peasant or uneducated person; sometimes implies someone gullible or unsophisticated.
- Example
- "Yuh take mi fi quashie?" — "Do you think I'm a fool?"
- Origin
- From West African day-name (Kwasi) for a boy born on Sunday.
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