Dictionary of Caribbean English - Spranksious

This page includes definitions for the words spounce and spranksious. The word spounce is used in Guyana and Trinidad and means 'surprising boldness; brashness; saucy courage.' The word spranksious means 'uninhibited and good-looking; precocious.'

Taken from: Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage
Author / Creator: Allsopp, Richard
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 1996
Copyright: By permission of the British Library Board
Shelfmark: YK.1996.b.12820