Meaning
The white (or coloured) stick used to write on the blackboard, and by children on the slate, the gate, the road, and the yard. Chalk is bound up with school and learning — the teacher's chalk squeaking on the board, the dust on the duster, a piece of chalk sneaked out to draw a hopscotch grid on the ground. To 'chalk up' something is to mark or write it in chalk, and a scrap of chalk was a small treasure for a child to draw with.
Examples
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Teacher write pon di board wid chalk.
Teacher writes on the board with chalk.
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Di pickney draw hopscotch wid chalk pon di road.
The children drew hopscotch with chalk on the road.
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Chalk dus all over di duster.
Chalk dust is all over the duster.
Origin
From English 'chalk'; the writing stick for board and slate. See [[slate]], [[exercise-book]].
How it’s used
The stick for writing on a blackboard or slate. See [[slate]], [[exercise-book]].