okrika

1. noun: Second-hand clothes.
   • Yu no go know sey dis jeans na okrika.
     • You wouldn’t know that these jeans are secondhand.
   • Okrika clothes don cost pass brand new nowadays.
     • Second-hand clothes are now more expensive than brand-new ones these days.

synonyms

• tokunbo
• bend-down-select

etymology

This word comes from Okrika, the name of a town in Nigeria known for its port through which secondhand clothes were imported.