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  • like
    v. [also US colloq. (used by adolescents)] to be sexually attracted to (someone): All the boys was my cousin-dem and
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  • like
    conj. [cf. Car. same like same as DJE] as (with comparisons): 1936 Now dey don' have t' sen' no monument
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  • lignum aloes
    [OED idem, aloes (wood)] n. a shrub (sp?): 1731 The wood is of a very dark brown color . .
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  • lightwood
    [US dial. idem, very resinous pine or other wood used for kindling ADD, from its use in lighting fires] n. 1.
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  • light up
    [cf. W3 lit up drunk slang] adj. intoxicated: He light right up (Exuma).
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  • light-skin
    [Car.] adj. having a light-brown complexion. (Gen.)
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  • lightning strikes
    [US dial. South idem; from strike v.] n. pl. bolts of lightning. (Black)
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  • lighter
    n. 1. [cf. OED, a flat-bottomed boat or barge for (un)loading ships that cannot dock; see quot.]  a teenage boy
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  • light bulf
    [W Car. idem, where Miskito /f, p/ alternation may have influenced light bulb after devoicing of final consonant to bulp
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  • light bread
    [US dial. South idem, common wheat or loaf bread as opposed to bread cornbread WEA; cf. LIGHT 2] n. bread
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