Mango walk

noun MANG-go WAAK ˈmaŋɡo waːk

Also spelled mango-walk, mango grove

A grove or stand of mango trees, using the rural sense of 'walk' (a cultivated plot of one crop). Made famous by the folk song 'Mango Walk', in which someone is accused of raiding another's mango grove — 'yuh brother did-a rob, fi mi mango walk' — the phrase is bound up with the mischief of stealing mangoes in season.

  • Di pickney dem raid di mango walk.

    The children raided the mango grove.

  • Him have a big mango walk a back a di house.

    He has a big mango grove behind the house.

  • 'Don't yuh rob, fi mi mango walk.'

    'Don't you rob my mango grove.' (folk song)

From 'mango' + 'walk' (a single-crop grove); immortalised by the folk song 'Mango Walk'. See [[ackee-walk]], [[mango]].

A grove of mango trees; famous from the folk song. See [[ackee-walk]], [[mango]].