Meaning
A vehicle that carries the dead — a hearse, or the van that collects a body. 'Dead wagon' is a blunt, everyday name for the hearse, and to say it 'come fi yuh' is to speak grimly of death or of a beating serious enough to be fatal. It carries a dark, half-joking weight in ordinary talk, the kind of hard humour Jamaicans use to face the reality of dying.
Examples
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Di dead wagon carry di body go a funeral home.
The hearse carried the body to the funeral home.
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Behave yuhself before di dead wagon come fi yuh.
Behave yourself before the hearse comes for you.
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Wi see di dead wagon pass slow.
We saw the hearse pass slowly.
Origin
From 'dead' + 'wagon'; a blunt term for a hearse. See [[nine-night]], [[duppy]].
How it’s used
A blunt everyday name for a hearse; used grimly/darkly. See [[nine-night]], [[duppy]].