"bollo work" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌlʌ wʌk/
Etymology: Possibly a clipping and compound of combolo (“friend/comrade”) + work (“work”). Etymology templates: {{compound|jam|combolo|work|t1=friend/comrade|t2=work}} combolo (“friend/comrade”) + work (“work”) Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=bollo work}} bollo work, {{jam-noun|-}} bollo work
  1. Temporary emergency jobs created by the government to reduce unemployment.
    Sense id: en-bollo_work-jam-noun-mZJiEH1S Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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        {
          "english": "The party pointed out that these weren't temporary emergency jobs, but we all knew that they created them because elections are approaching.",
          "text": "Di party seh a nuh bollo work, but everybody dun know seh true election deh near mek dem dweet.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2018 November 16, Martin Henry, “Martin Henry”, in Jamaica Gleaner:",
          "text": "It’s not a vote-buying, ‘bollo work’ public works programme, we are led to believe.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbʌlʌ wʌk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bollo work"
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      "ipa": "/ˈbʌlʌ wʌk/"
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