• blackheart man,Blackheart man

Compound ofblack(“black”) +‎heart(“heart”) +‎man(“man”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈblak.hɑːt ˈman/
• Hyphenation:black‧heart‧man

Blackheart Man

1. aman from aJamaicanurban legend whokidnaps littlechildren;bogeyman

   When time di pickney dem 'ear sehBlackheart Man deh near, dem tek off lakka rocket.

   As soon as the kids heard that thebogeyman was nearby, they ran like the wind.

   • [2009, Charles Price,Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica‎^[1] (in English),→ISBN, page24:

     “There is also the mythical "Blackheart man," a shadowy and dangerous bearded figure believed to eat living human hearts and abduct children by enticing them with sweets.[…]”]

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• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996),Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica:University of the West Indies Press, published2003,→ISBN,page105

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