bankra

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noun

A kind of basket for transporting goods.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounbankra (plural bankras)

plural bankras

  1. JamaicaA kind of basket for transporting goods.

    All who were able carried a basket or what the locals called a 'bankra' of harvest offerings […]; the firm-backed men, including David, were burdened with bigger baskets that they called 'cutacoos', the woven shoulder straps made of hemp.

    2021, Alex Wheatle, Island Songs

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APA

bankra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankra

MLA

“bankra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankra. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bankra,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankra.

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