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Tolum

English translation: coconut and molasses sweet

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English term or phrase:tolum
Selected answer:coconut and molasses sweet
Entered by: vitaminBcomplex

10:43 Mar 22, 2024
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Trinidad English
English term or phrase: Tolum
This is from VS Naipaul’s Miguel Street

“… You are charged with fighting Dorothy Morgan; you are charged with stealing two tolums [word in italics] and three sugarcakes. Do you plead guilty or not guilty?”

The setting is Trinidad in mid-20th C. A father is “publicly” charging his child in front of his neighbours.
I couldn’t find anything relevant on the Internet. Would appreciate any contribution. Thanks.
vitaminBcomplex
Local time: 19:09
coconut and molasses sweet
Explanation:
https://dk.pinterest.com/pin/575968239821402194/?send=true

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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 17:09
Grading comment
Thank you very much Yvonne
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5Toolum
Mark Nathan
3 +2coconut and molasses sweet
Yvonne Gallagher


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
tolum
Toolum


Explanation:
https://www.food.com/recipe/trinidad-toolum-192464

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 18:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 78

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darius Saczuk
0 min
agree  philgoddard: It's spelled both ways, and easily Googled. You should have got the points, since you were first.
2 hrs
agree  Toni Castano
4 hrs
agree  Clauwolf
5 hrs
agree  writeaway
2 days 12 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tolum
coconut and molasses sweet


Explanation:
https://dk.pinterest.com/pin/575968239821402194/?send=true

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2024-03-23 14:21:14 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped!

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 17:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 659
Grading comment
Thank you very much Yvonne

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clauwolf
5 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Edith Kelly
18 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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