Meaning
Snow cone — shaved ice heaped in a cup or cone and drenched in bright, sweet syrup, sometimes topped with condensed milk. Sold from a handcart in the heat, it is the cooling street treat of a Jamaican afternoon; the syrup-and-water version poured in a bag is 'sky juice'.
Examples
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Buy a snow cone from di cart.
Buy a snow cone from the cart.
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Di snow cone syrup red an sweet.
The snow cone syrup is red and sweet.
Origin
Shaved ice with syrup. See [[sky-juice]], [[shave-ice]].
How it’s used
Syrup-soaked shaved ice; street treat, kin to sky juice.