raggastani

plural raggastanis

1. Alternative letter-case form of Raggastani.

plural Raggastanis · alternative raggastani

1. One who adopts elements of both Caribbean and South Asian language and culture.

   Raggastanis spoke a strange mix of Jamaican patois, Bengali, Gujarati and English.

   2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 231

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   People’re always tryin to stick a label on our scene. That’s the problem with havin a fuckin scene. First we was rudeboys, then we be Indian niggas, then rajamuffins, then raggastanis, Britasians, fuckin Indobrits.

   2006, Gautam Malkani, Londonstani, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 5