Run-a-boat

[run-ah-boht]

Definition

To cook an informal outdoor communal meal with friends (often soup or cookup).

Example Sentences

Patois:
Mek wi go down a river and run-a-boat today.
English:
Let us go down to the river and cook a communal meal today.

Patois:
Wi run-a-boat wid fish and green banana.
English:
We cooked an outdoor communal meal with fish and green bananas.

Usage Tip

Popular social activity where friends pool money/ingredients to cook a meal outdoors.

Patois Synonym: cook-up
English Synonym: cook outdoor communal meal; party cooking

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