Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 14:36:15 -0500
Subject: Re: What is "bacra"?



In re: Bacra/Buckra etc.

Allsopp's dictionary can be very useful for etymology and current usage. 
Here's the reference:

                    Dictionary of Caribbean English usage / edited by 
Richard Allsopp ; with a French  and Spanish supplement edited by Jeannette 
Allsopp
  Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996


Leah


At 02:17 PM 08/01/2000 +0900, you wrote:
>Dear Members,
>Reading Walcott's <Pantomime>, I found the word, "bacra."   I guess it 
>means boss, sahib and so on.  It's not in OED, Webster, etc.  Any body got 
>any clue to the origin and use of the the word?
>Thanks in advance,
>
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