Pidgin, brah! What's the meaning of Lickens in Hawaii?
PRONUNCIATION: LICK-inz
DEFINITION: corporal punishment, a beating
USAGE: Back in da day, if you wen ack up, you get lickens from yo fada.
ENGLISH: In the past, if you misbehaved, you'd get a spanking from your father.
Now that you know what Lickens means and you have the translation of Lickens in English. You can learn about Hawaiian Pidgin, sometimes called Hawaiian Slang, is a colorful and creative dialect from Hawaii that emerged from the many ethnic cultures attempting to communicate across their diverse languages. Some might call this a language barrier, but in Hawaii it became a recipe for creativity and self-expression. Like know more? Explore Hawaiian Pidgin History
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