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Definition of Yardie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Yardie

noun

/ˈjɑːdi/

/ˈjɑːrdi/

(British English, informal)

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(in the UK) a member of a group of criminals from Jamaica or the West Indies
Word Origin1980s: from Jamaican English yard ‘house, home’.

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