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  • Definitions starting with A
    a (1)
    Answer: preverbal progressive marker. Also spelled are. /a/ [Car.; from the covergence of an African preverbal marker (e.g. Ewe a habitual ...
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    Abaco
    Answer:   /ábakow/ [probably Lucayan, but cf. also Spanish ábaco abacus and Twi abako shea-tree (Turner 1949:43)] n. a major island of ...
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    about, 'bout
    Answer: /(a)báwt/ [OED, approximately] prep. 1. replaces at with times: This happen just about 7:02 p.m. (Black)2. after certain verbs: We ...
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    abroad
    Answer: /abróhd/ [W Car.; OED, out of one's house (arch. in US)] adv. not at home; out: 1832 Some of our ...
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    acrost, crost
    Answer: [cf. OED cross prep. →1821 and US dial. (a)crost idem ADD] prep. across: 1966 Lay acrost the bed (Crowley 87). ...
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    admire
    Answer: [cf. idem dial. Brit. Mid. EDD, US South ADD] v. to like: They leave cause they ain't admire their situation ...
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    African Words
    Answer: It is now clear that a great deal more African culture survived in the New World than had been believed ...
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    afternoon star
    Answer: [from evening star by hypercorrection of evening afternoon] n. the planet Venus. (Nassau) ...
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    ager
    Answer: /éyga/ (Black), hager /héyga/ (White) [Car.; cf. W3 ague /éygyuw/, dial. or arch. /éyga(r)/; as book word /eyg/] n. fever ...
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    Agriculture
    Answer: The plantation system of the Caribbean proper and the American South was never successful in the Bahamas because of the ...