leggo beast

Jamaican Creole

let +‎ go +‎ beast.[1] Literally, "an animal which has been let loose."

leggo beast (plural leggo beast dem, quantified leggo beast)

(vulgar) slut, whore (promiscuous woman)
A dutty gyal dat, shi come een like leggo beast.
That's a nasty girl. She acts like a slut.
- 2014, Steinberg Henry, Calypso Drift (in English), →ISBN, page 50:
  “In 1982, Steel Pulse, the reggae masters would launch their True Democracy album, featuring the track "Leggo Beast," which one site commentator described as an indictment of a blast at prostitution. "Leggo beast, lips of flattery / eyes of lust / leggo beast, she says carnal lust is a must." […] ”
(vulgar) hothead; tearaway; a wild animal (wild, unruly person)
Di man call di people dem pickney leggo beast true dem carry on bad an' run weh di teacha.
He called their kids wild animals because they'd behaved badly and chased away their teacher.
- 1981, Neville Farki, Countryman Karl Black (in English), →ISBN, page 60:
  “'Government hang the man and leave the youths with neither mother or father and nobody to take care of them. Now them beat from one relative to the other. I hear that one of the biggest boy get mad. Him is like leggo beast in the district.' […] ”

Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 343

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