Meaning
A chewy old-time sweet made by boiling diced 'dry' coconut with sugar and ginger until the mixture turns dark and sticky, then spooning — 'dropping' — clusters onto a board to set hard. Dark, gingery, and full of coconut chunks, 'drops' are a beloved traditional shop and street candy, sold in the little bag or off the vendor's tray. Sticky enough to test the teeth and rich with ginger, they belong with cut cake, grater cake, and wangla among the classic homemade sweets that have delighted Jamaican children for generations.
Examples
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Buy some coconut drops fi di road.
Buy some coconut drops for the journey.
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Di drops sticky an gingery.
The drops are sticky and gingery.
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She drop out di coconut drops pon di board.
She spooned the coconut drops onto the board.
Origin
From the way clusters are 'dropped' to set; a traditional coconut-and-ginger sweet. See [[busta]], [[jackass-corn]].
How it’s used
Chewy boiled coconut-and-ginger clusters ('drops'). See [[busta]], [[grater-cake]].