Easily Afraid
Expression used to describe someone who gets afraid easily or acts cowardly. This term is a repetition of the patois term “fraid” which means afraid.
Patois: Him too fraidy fraidy fi sleep inna di dawk
English: He is too afraid to sleep in the dark
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