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Yardie
Yard·ie [ yrdee ] (plural Yard·ies)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Jamaican criminal group: a member of a criminal syndicate that originated in Jamaica
2. Caribbean somebody who shares yard: somebody who lives in a building with a shared yard
[Late 20th century. <yard2 in the Jamaican sense "house, home"]
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