"craven" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Adjective

IPA: /krʲeːvən/, /krʲeːbən/
Etymology: From English craving. Etymology templates: {{der|jam|en|craving}} English craving Head templates: {{head|jam|adjective|head=craven}} craven, {{jam-adj}} craven
  1. gluttonous, greedy Wikipedia link: University of the West Indies Press Synonyms: gravalicious, licky-licky, nyamy-nyamy
    Sense id: en-craven-jam-adj-jpGojCtW Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 35 0 1 41 2 11 5 3 1

Alternative forms

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          "english": "That boy's bloody greedy. Can you believe he ate all the food in my pot?",
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          "ref": "2002, Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (in English), page 128",
          "text": "“Anancy .. walk home wid Puss an sey 'tap Bra Puss is how you dah play so nice wid Rat an noh eat him yet? Yuh no know sey Rat is nice meat?' Hear puss wid him craven self, 'true Bra Nancy?' […]”",
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