Meaning
A traditional boiled hard sweet, usually two-toned red-and-yellow (or pink-and-white), oval and glossy, with a sugary fruit flavour. A nostalgic old-time shop candy sold loose from a big jar, the paradise plum is a treat many Jamaicans remember from childhood.
Examples
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Gimme two paradise plum from di jar.
Give me two paradise plums from the jar.
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Di paradise plum red an yellow.
The paradise plum is red and yellow.
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Wi buy paradise plum wid wi lunch money.
We bought paradise plums with our lunch money.
Origin
A traditional British-Caribbean boiled sweet; the name is old-fashioned confectionery. See [[sweetie]], [[mint-ball]].
How it’s used
A two-toned hard boiled sweet; a nostalgic shop candy. See [[sweetie]], [[busta]].