Trini Phrase: Rachifee

• Rachifee, ratcheefi, ratchifi, rachify (n): Somethings done in a makeshift, careless, or slightly devious way; or as a result of cheating, corruptions, or trickery. (Possibly French rafistolé ‘mended; patched up; English retrofit ‘force something to fit; use something not originally designed for the task’
  • The amount of ‘bobboll‘ and rachifee going one with we money in that project.
  • Excuse me, but when you speak of ‘culture’ in our society, you mean culture as including rachifee ?” (Alleyne -Forte 1994:99

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Source: Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago by Lise Winer.

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