Meaning
The small neighbourhood bar — often little more than a counter and a few stools — where men gather to drink white rum or a beer, play dominoes, watch a match, and reason about everything from cricket to politics. The rum bar is a social institution: cheap, loud, and central to community life, the place news travels and arguments get settled over a game.
Examples
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Yuh find him a di rum bar every evening.
You'll find him at the rum bar every evening.
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Dem a slam domino a di rum bar.
They're slamming dominoes at the rum bar.
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Buy a Q white rum fi di bar.
Buy a quart of white rum for the bar.
Origin
English 'rum' + 'bar'. See [[white-rum]], [[dominoes]], [[drinka]].
How it’s used
Neighbourhood drinking spot and social hub; dominoes and reasoning central to it.