"peenie wallie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Jamaican Creole]

IPA: /ˈpiːnɪ ˈwɑːlɪ/ Forms: peenie wallie dem [plural], peenie wallie [quantified]
Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=peenie wallie}} peenie wallie, {{jam-noun}} peenie wallie (plural peenie wallie dem, quantified peenie wallie)
  1. A firefly. A nocturnal beetle that emits a flashing light. Categories (lifeform): Elateroid beetles Synonyms: blinkie, abuja, peeniewallie, peenywally, peeny wally
    Sense id: en-peenie_wallie-jam-noun-xTHRez4u Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "english": "It's so lovely to see the fireflies at night.",
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          "english": "And so, when it got dark, everyone huddled together on the porch in the darkness, with fireflies blinking like a match which you're having trouble lighting. […]",
          "ref": "2010, Jennifer M. Keane-Dawes, Dear Jamaica: Expressions of Indigenous Knowledge (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 9:",
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