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English
Etymology
Named after Alexander Bustamante, Jamaican politician; the hard texture is supposed to symbolize his firmness of character.
Noun
Bustamante backbone (uncountable)
- (Jamaica) A hard confection made with grated coconut and ginger.
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Refers to the resoluteness of Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante, Jamaica's first prime minister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʌstaˌmantɪ ˈbakˈbʷoːn/
- Hyphenation: Bus‧ta‧man‧te‧back‧bone
Noun
Bustamante backbone (plural Bustamante backbone dem, quantified Bustamante backbone)
- Bustamante backbone
1996, Honor Ford Smith, My Mother's Last Dance, page 80:Yuh see whentime you read it inna
Star seh stranger come in a district
And lickle more a pickney disappear?
Is Fallen Angel carry dem way
Fallen Angel love sweetie,
bulla cake or Bustamante backbone
and especially paradise plum.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2006, L. A. Augustin, Sound Awareness (in English), →ISBN, page 62:“The Bustamante Backbone was so very good, she remembered. They were a delicious jaw-breaking delight. The children called them "Busta". She could almost taste them, still. Verona wondered whether that particular candy was still being ... ”
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