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  • junjo
    /júnjow/ [cf. Pan-Creole djõdjõ mushroom, mold in Krio (KED), Jam., Haitian, LA Fr. Cr. (Thompson 1958); cf. also Car. Sp. yonyón
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  • June fish
    [Car.; cf. OED Jew fish "It hath scales and Fins, therefore a clean fish according to the Levitical Law"; by
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  • jumpy
      [cf. JUMP-UP] adj. in a mood to dance: Jumpy night [an old term for Saturday night] (Nassau). (Black)
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  • jump up
     [Car.; cf. JUMP-IN DANCE] n. a party with dancing. (Black) —v. to dance. (Black)
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  • jumping jack
    [OED, a child's toy, blending with JACK-FISH] n. a flying fish; a variety of jack (Caranx sp.) which jumps out
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  • jump-in dance, jumpin' dance
    [cf. W Car. jumpin a dance; US Black jump idem (Claerbaut)) n. a RING DANCE performed by adults around participants
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  • jumper service
    n. a church service at which lively hymns are sung. (Cat)
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  • jumper church
    [cf. US Black, "shouting and jumping in church" (Brown 1972:135); cf. OED jumper a name applied to members of a
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  • jumper
    [OED, an animal, esp. an insect ... char­acterized by jumping] n. a very small insect (sp?) which feeds on seaweed
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  • jumby
    /jombi/ n. 1. [Pan-Creole; cf. Haitian zõbi (whence zombie), Dutch zumbi; from kiKongo nzumbi Mbundu nzumbe, Vai nzúma, all ghost'
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