- under heavy manners
- adj, advin a state of oppression. A phrase from the counterculture patois of Jamaica which became known in Britain and elsewhere due to its use by reggae musi-cians in the early 1970s.
Contemporary slang . 2014.
under heavy manners
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Under Heavy Manners — Infobox Album | Name = Under Heavy Manners Type = Album Artist = Prince Far I Released = 1976 Recorded = Joe Gibbs Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica Genre = Reggae Length = ?:? Label = Joe Gibbs Producer = Errol Thompson, Joe Gibbs Reviews =… … Wikipedia
God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners — Infobox Album Name = God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners Type = studio Longtype = Artist = Robert Fripp Released = 1980 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Polydor Producer = Robert Fripp Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = God… … Wikipedia
manners — Rasta Dictionary under heavy discipline or punishment. for example when Kingston is under heavy manners , they have a curfew or call out the army … English dialects glossary
manners — n pl Caribbean situation, moral ambience. Usually heard in the phrase under heavy manners, meaning oppressed, behaving under the threat of discipline. The term was employed in the context of the Rastafar ian and reggae subculture in the early… … Contemporary slang
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Heavy metals — Heavy Heav y, a. [Compar. {Heavier}; superl. {Heaviest}.] [OE. hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel. h[ o]figr, h[ o]fugr. See {Heave}.] 1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
