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  • jokey, jokitty, jokitive
    [cf. Belize jóoki idem (Dayley); cf. Scots jokie CSD, US dial. jokey ADD] adj. fond of a joke: 1940 He's
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  • joke-box
    [from JOKE, perhaps influenced by juke-box] n. a raconteur; an entertaining person: 1966 A man who talk old-story called by
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  • joke
    [cf. OED, a witticism] n. a tale; a folk-tale: This joke what I gon tell you, me neither you bin
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  • Johnny walkers
    [ US dial. South idem ADD; cf. MCC John Canoe stilts, and the association of stilt-dancers with JUNKANOO (see 1849
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  • John Mott, John DeMott
    [cf. Scots Johnny Maut malt liquor CSD, and liquor made from cassava, e.g. MCC mishla] n. 1. a variety of
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  • Johnny Hill cassava
    [cf. Johnny Mott cassava, possibly understood as Johnny Mountain, whence Johnny Hill; cf. also Blue Mountain cassava] n. a variety
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  • Johnny Cutlass
    [perhaps from the shape of the poinciana pod] n. a musical rattle consisting of a dried poinciana pod or a
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  • Johnny cake
    [W Car. idem; Vir, fried bread (Roy); "of uncertain origin, but probably Indian; earliest record of Johnny cake is 1739,
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  • John Fighting
     /john fáytin/ [etym?] n. a variety of poisonous cassava: The poison cassava like this, we call it John Fighting (Andros).
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  • John Doctor
    [from medicinal use] n. a plant, Periscaria portoricensis: 1978 (Higgs 10). 1979 The John Doctor root is crushed and inhaled
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