shakabatt

shakabatt
 n.— «There is no more shakabatt [pidgin English for fighting], no more chopping people, because of the street lights.» —“As street lights return to Liberia, so does hope” by Prue Clarke in Monrovia, Liberia Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) Jan. 16, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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