peenie wallie

English Definition

A firefly. A nocturnal beetle that emits a flashing light.

Examples

• "What a way di peenie wallie dem pretty a night time."

  It's so lovely to see the fireflies at night.

• "“Den now, when night come, everybaddy bungle up pon de porch inna di darkness. Wid peenie wallie a flash like when matches hard fe light. […]”"

  And so, when it got dark, everyone huddled together on the porch in the darkness, with fireflies blinking like a match which you're having trouble lighting. […]