jab molasie

English

Noun

jab molasie (plural jab molasie)

1. Alternative spelling of jab molassie.
   • 1994, Mary L. Gill, Presence, Identity and Meaning in the Trinidad Carnival: An Ethnography of Schooling and Festival (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin–Madison, →OCLC, page 104:

     Images of devils, jab molasie, moko jumbies and bats are the figures that inhabit the Caribbean night. These dark fantasies are allowed free reign to bring into being darker, secret fears. The Carnival allows the opportunity for all these aspects of life to be given visual form.