Definitions starting with B bad Answer: adv. [Atlantic; an African calque: cf. Mandingo A ka nyi ko-jugu (lit. It is good badly) It is very good ...
Definitions starting with D dog up under someone Answer: [cf. doggy after, and the ingratiating tactics of a dog; also US dog up to roll a marble to a ...
Definitions starting with D dutty dog, dutty pup Answer: [cf. DJE dog muma, dutty mama children's games] n. a game played by children in which they mix mud in ...
Definitions starting with B bull dog Answer: [cf. BOAR , by hypercorrection] n. a male dog: 1950 In common parlance a jibdog is the female of the ...
Definitions starting with D dog-teeth snapper Answer: [cf. DJE idem "from its having teeth like those of dogs (Messoprion cynodon, Lutjanus jocu)"; US dog-snapper same sp. (Allyn ...
Definitions starting with M molest Answer: /mowles/ [W. Car.; OED item obs. →1726] v. to annoy: If you don't molest my dog, my dog won't molest ...
Definitions starting with P pity: your ma mussy pity dog Answer: pity: your ma mussy pity dog [from belief that a child will resemble what its mother pitied when pregnant] phr. ...
Definitions starting with P potcake (2) Answer: [connection to POTCAKEI unclear] n. 1. any mongrel dog of no definable breed. (Gen.)
2. a short-haired,
light-brown dog of mixed ...
Definitions starting with P puppy-foot Answer: [DAS puppy-dog feet idem; from similarity to foot-prints of a dog] n. (playing cards) the suit of clubs.
(Nassau, Eleu) ...
Definitions starting with A all Answer: [Car. also US Black (Loman 1967:40); OED, even →1808] adv. even, emphasizing the unusual or extreme: 1918 He had a ...