carochies

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From corotos, plural of Spanish coroto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɹʷoː.t͡ʃɪz/, /kʌˈɹʷoː.t͡ʃɪz/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ro‧chies

Noun

carochies

1. odds and ends, junk, stuff

   Tek yuh carochies an' come outta mi house.

   Pack your shit and get out of my house.

   (literally, “Take your junk”)

   • 2002, Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English‎^[2] (in English), →ISBN, page 92:

     “CAROCHIES, CAROCHY /karúochiz, koróchi/ sb chiefly dial (usually plur); <Amer Sp corotos, playthings, tools of trade, chattels, trumpery, trash, stuff (Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia). Things of little value; rubbish. […] ”