"runnings" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹʌnɪnz/
Etymology: Literally, "how things are run." Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=runnings}} runnings, {{jam-noun|-}} runnings
  1. How a system or bureaucracy works; how people operate; the status quo Derived forms: cool runnings (english: all the best)
    Sense id: en-runnings-jam-noun-OEUlaqzZ Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"how things are run.\"",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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          "name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "english": "all the best",
          "word": "cool runnings"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If you want to be successful in this place, you need to know how the system works, a'ight?",
          "text": "Ef yuh waan eat a food out yah, yuh haffi know di runnings, yuh zimmi?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican (in English)",
          "text": "DI RUNNINGS: The natural order of things, how things are done, what is to be expected etc. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "How a system or bureaucracy works; how people operate; the status quo"
      ],
      "id": "en-runnings-jam-noun-OEUlaqzZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "status quo",
          "status quo"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹʌnɪnz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "runnings"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "all the best",
      "word": "cool runnings"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"how things are run.\"",
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        "Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If you want to be successful in this place, you need to know how the system works, a'ight?",
          "text": "Ef yuh waan eat a food out yah, yuh haffi know di runnings, yuh zimmi?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican (in English)",
          "text": "DI RUNNINGS: The natural order of things, how things are done, what is to be expected etc. […]",
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        "How a system or bureaucracy works; how people operate; the status quo"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹʌnɪnz/"
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