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duppy [ˈdʌpɪ]

n pl -pies

(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) Caribbean a spirit or ghost

[probably of African origin]

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burial			He and Mama were lifting rum and bitters to salute his new taxi van, lagoon blue Daihatsu with coral-tone pivoting leather seats and rainbow decals spread across the windshield to spell out Lord, You See a Man Strive, when someone set a duppy on him. The Convicts' Garden, St. Kitts by Reiter, Thomas / Witness The Third-World Duppy If I were a duppy If I were a duppy I would be harassing I would be haunting I would be tormenting Souls Spirits Conscience Minds If I were a duppy I would hunt down Columbus, Cortez and de res' ah dem so-called discoverers . The Third-World Duppy by Lawrence, Rebekah / Journal of Caribbean Literatures He devotes a measure of space to the many streams of English--Englishes--around the world, where a ghost in the Caribbean is a duppy and a past president in Nigeria is an outgone one. A linguistic treasure box: exploring the amazing absorptive capacity ... by Clements, Warren / Literary Review of Canada			Duplex pumping engine Duplex querela Duplex telegraphy Duplex watch duplexer duplicability duplicable duplicatable duplicate duplicate bridge duplicate negative Duplicate proportion Duplicate whist duplicating machine duplication duplication of the cube duplicative duplicator duplicature duplicident Duplicidentata duplicitous duplicity dupondius Dupper duppy Dupré Duque de Caxias Dur Dur. Dura dura mater durability durable durable goods durable materiel durable press Durableness durables Durably Durabolin dural duralumin duramen Duran Durán durance Durancy Durand Durango Durant			Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC DuPont Environmental Remediation Services, Inc. DuPont Experimental Station DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. Dupont Flooring Systems DuPont Food Industry Solutions DuPont Identity DuPont Integrated Business Management DuPont Manual High School DuPont Marketing Excellence Recognition DuPont Performance Elastomer DuPont Pharmaceuticals DuPont ratio Dupont system of financial control DuPont Women Lawyers Network Dupont, Eugene Dupont, Pierre Dupont-Ferrier, Gustave dupp DUPPA Düppel Dupper Duppie Duppie Duppie Duppie Duppie Duppie Duppies duppy Duprat, Antoine Dupraz Bus Genève Dupré Dupré Bois et Construction Dupré equation Dupre, Jules Dupré, Jules Dupre, Sally Duprée DuPree College of Management Duprene Duprene Duprene DUPRS DUPS DUPSEARCH Dupuis, Charles Francois Dupuis, Charles François Dupuy-Dutemps operation Dupuy-Dutemps operation Dupuy-Dutemps operation Dupuy-Dutemps operation Dupuytren Dupuytren Contracture Dupuytren Contracture Dupuytren fracture Dupuytren fracture Dupuytren's amputation Dupuytren's amputation Dupuytren's amputation

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