Braata (noun) (West Indian)
braa-ta
A small amount added to a purchase in a market to encourage the customer to return.
Probably from Spanish barata ‘bargain’.
Example sentences
“Always a braata, an extra scoop when she knows it’s for the school.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
