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"etymology_text": "let + go + beast. Literally, \"an animal which has been let loose.\"",
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"english": "That's a nasty girl. She acts like a slut.",
"text": "A dutty gyal dat, shi come een like leggo beast.",
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"ref": "2014, Steinberg Henry, Calypso Drift (in English), page 50",
"text": "“In 1982, Steel Pulse, the reggae masters would launch their True Democracy album, featuring the track \"Leggo Beast,\" which one site commentator described as an indictment of a blast at prostitution. \"Leggo beast, lips of flattery / eyes of lust / leggo beast, she says carnal lust is a must.\" […]”",
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"english": "He called their kids wild animals because they'd behaved badly and chased away their teacher.",
"text": "Di man call di people dem pickney leggo beast true dem carry on bad an' run weh di teacha.",
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"ref": "1981, Neville Farki, Countryman Karl Black (in English), page 60",
"text": "“'Government hang the man and leave the youths with neither mother or father and nobody to take care of them. Now them beat from one relative to the other. I hear that one of the biggest boy get mad. Him is like leggo beast in the district.' […]”",
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"(vulgar) hothead; tearaway; a wild animal (wild, unruly person)"
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"word": "leggo beas'"
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"text": "“In 1982, Steel Pulse, the reggae masters would launch their True Democracy album, featuring the track \"Leggo Beast,\" which one site commentator described as an indictment of a blast at prostitution. \"Leggo beast, lips of flattery / eyes of lust / leggo beast, she says carnal lust is a must.\" […]”",
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"ipa": "/ˈlɛɡʌ‿biːs/"
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