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Quashi

British  
/ ˈkwɑːʃɪ /

noun

  1. an unsophisticated or gullible male Black peasant

    I'm not a Quashi that anyone can fool
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Etymology

Origin of Quashi

from Twi

Example Sentences

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Daddy Quashi was again beginning to remonstrate, and I chased him on the sand-bank for a quarter of a mile. 

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

Daddy Quashi was for applying to our guns, as usual, considering them our best and safest friends. 

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

Daddy Quashi was again beginning to remonstrate, and I chased him on the sandbank for a quarter of a mile.

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

In the meantime Daddy Quashi, having found the umbrella and having heard the noise which the fray occasioned, was coming cautiously up.

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

Daddy Quashi boiled one of them for his dinner, and found it very sweet and tender.

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

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