Meaning
Food, victuals — cooked food to eat, provisions for a meal. 'Bickle' is an old, homely word (worn down from English 'victuals') for something to eat, as in 'nuh bickle nuh deh a yaad' — there's no food in the house. It belongs to older and country speech, evoking the plain business of having food to put on the table, and it turns up in proverbs about hunger and providing.
Examples
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Nuh bickle nuh deh a yaad.
There's no food in the house.
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Cook likkle bickle fi di pickney.
Cook a little food for the children.
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Hard fi find bickle inna hard time.
It's hard to find food in hard times.
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Come nyam yuh bikkle before it cold.
Come eat your food before it gets cold.
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Mi haffi go buy some bikkle.
I have to go buy some food.
Origin
Worn down from English 'victuals'; food/provisions. See Nyam, Food.
How it’s used
Food/victuals; older and country usage. See Nyam, Food.