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reg·gae

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NOUN:

Popular music of Jamaican origin having elements of calypso and rhythm and blues, characterized by a strongly accentuated offbeat.

ETYMOLOGY:
Jamaican English, ultimately from rege-rege, ragged clothing, probably from rag¹

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