Jam-cram (adj): Crowded; packed usually with people. (English jam ‘press, squeeze or crowd together in a compact mass; force together’ + English cram ‘fill to excess’) = ram-cram, ram-jam. Everybody was jam-cram in the North Stand. North Stand: During Carnival, a temporary spectators’ gallery erected on the north side of the big stage in Queen’s Park Savannah. I remember fondly going to many ah carnival events in the North Stand with fellas beating bottle and spoon. North Stand is often considered the place for common folk while the Grand Stand is reserved for the “who’s, who” of Trinidad. Queen’s Park Savannah is a park in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Known locally as simply “the Savannah,” it is Port of Spain’s largest open space. It occupies about 260 acres (110 ha)[1] of level land, and the distance around the perimeter is about 2.2 mi (3.5 km).



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Source: Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago by Lise Winer

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