Meaning
The crotch: the part of the body where the legs join the trunk, and the same place on a pair of trousers. Jamaicans say it in the plural even for one person, so the word is 'cratches', not 'cratch'.
Examples
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Yuh pants cratches split, go change it.
Your pants have split at the crotch, go and change them.
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Mi baby have a rash inna him cratches.
My baby has a rash in his crotch.
How it’s used
A plain body word, but it names a private area, so it does not belong in formal or polite talk. Not the same word as 'cratch', which means to scratch. See Batty.