electronic Dictionary of Bahamian English v3 - Definitions starting with A

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apple
[by shortening] n. I. pineapple: 1885 The apples, as they always call the pines here (Brassey 342). (San Sal.) 2.
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appetizing
[OED, exciting a desire or longing, esp. for food] adj. (of persons) appealing. (Exuma) ◊ The Bahamian usage of appetizing carries
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appendits, appendints, pendick
[cf. DARE appendix taken as pl.] n. appendix (in anatomy). (Gen.)
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apass
/apás/ [OED appassed , apast past participle past by ... often used as adv. or prep. obs. →1450] adv., Obs?
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ants
/(h)ants/ [Atlantic; from pl. ants] n. sing. or pl. ant or ants: 1895 Hants here! (Edwards 64). This ants... them
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anthem
/ántem/ [Gul. idem "Slave songs or ant'ems, as they were sometimes called in Georgia before the Civil War (Parrish 1942:5);
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answer back
[Car.] v. phr. to reply (not neces-sarily impertinently): 1918 De dawg answered de man back (Parsons 166). (Nassau)
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another one: and you're another one
[Car.] phr. You're an additional nuisance (used as a mild rebuke): He's make me mad, and you's another one (Nassau).
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annum
/ánam/ [cf. ON of, and colloq. 'ern them] prep. phr. of them: It was two annum (Eleu.).
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Angola
[from the name of the area in Africa; from ki-Mbundu ngola a tribal name, via Port. (Alvarez Nazario 1974:254); cf.
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