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  • aunty
    /áhnti/ n. 1. Obs? [US a colored woman DAE; SA idem; cf. Réunion Cr. Fr. tãtin idem (Chaudenson 1974:100)] a
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  • August Monday
    August Monday (Black), August Holiday (White), August Day (Nassau) [from celebration on the first Monday in August] n. phr. a
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  • August grass
    [from time of blossoming] n. a plant (sp?) with small pink flowers. (Black)
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  • August Eve (night)
    [from earlier celebration on the eve of August 1] n. a holiday commemorating the abolition of slavery in the Bahamas
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  • a'ter, arter
    /áhta/ [Atlantic; Brit., US dial. idem OED, ADD] prep. after: 1936 Dey cum out laffin' an' tawkin' like li'l chillun
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  • at
    prep. 1. [also Guy. (Rickford 1976:34) and US Black (Parsons 1917b:224); cf. OED at to obs.→ 1601] to: 1918 He
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  • asue
    /eysuw/ [cf. Trin. sou-sou cooperative savings (Ottley 23), Cam. susu , isusu thrift and loan society; from Yoruba èésú, èsúsú thrift
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  • ass
    [Car.; cf. Vir. move you rass and Cr. Fr. ko (from Fr. corps body) in bougé ko-ou same meaning (Highfield
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  • ashes wood
    [DJE different sp.; cf. ASHES] n. a shrub, Cassia alata?; the wood is burned, then ground into a powder applied
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  • ashes water
    [W Car.; cf. ASHES and US Black "Ashes takes up from de body de disease" (Smiley 1919:358)] n. water mixed
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