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  • African Words
    It is now clear that a great deal more African culture survived in the New World than had been believed
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  • Agriculture
    The plantation system of the Caribbean proper and the American South was never successful in the Bahamas because of the
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  • African Words
    It is now clear that a great deal more African culture survived in the New World than had been believed
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  • alligator tree
    [cf. preceding] n. the avocado tree: 1976 Gather the leaves. . . from the alligator tree. . . to make
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  • ax
    /aks/ [Atlantic; OED ask "Old English acsian, axian ask survived in ax, down to nearly 1600 the regular literary form,
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  • away
    [E Car. (Ottley 61, Yansen 13); cf. Haitian laba idem HCEFD] n. abroad; overseas: 1966 We can't get no flour
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  • avogado
    /avagáda, abagáda (Inagua); abakáda (Exuma); apakáda (Mayag.); alvakáda (Inagua)/ [cf. Guatemalan Sp. avocate (in contrast to standard Sp. aguacate) WFF
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  • average
    [from judging from the average] v. to guess; to calculate: They see your clothes and they average you rich (Nassau).
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  • autograph tree
    [from custom of writing one's signature on its leaves] n. a tree (Clusia rosea) whose leaves retain permanently the imprint
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  • Aunty Wicky
    [cf. Vicky, diminutive of Victoria, and /w, v/ alternation, plus AUNTY 1] n. an affectionate name for Queen Victoria, popularly
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