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  • le' go
    /legow/ [Atlantic; cf. colloq. Brit. leggo idem but also São Tomé Port. Cr. lε 'ga idem (cf. Port. largar (Ivens Ferraz 1979:55), Haitian
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  • leff, lef, left
    /lef/ [Atlantic; cf. Brit. dial. West lef leave EDD] v, to leave: 1918 Stay here an' bury yourself in de san'
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  • leetle
    /liytal/, lee /liy/ [cf. Belize lii little (Dayley); leetle in Gul. (Gonzales 1922:310), US Black (Parsons 1917b:224); cf. OED leetle a jocular imitation
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  • Leekie
    [etym. uncertain, but cf. DHS Leek Welsh­man, and Scots leeky of the hair: much in need of curling tongs CSD] n. a
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  • lee.
    See LEETLE.
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  • leave-over
    [W Car.; by hypercorrection of LEFF leave] n. 1. left-savers, food. (Eleu) 2. an inherited wardrobe: leave-over clothes (Eleu). cf. BANG-BANG
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  • leave
     [cf. LEFF leave, by hypercorrection] v. left (over): 1966 There's one more hand [of ba­nanas] leave (Crowley 53). Ain't nothing leave (ibid
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  • leather-winged bat
    [cf. Bajan leather bat (Colly­more 16), Jam, leather-wing idem OED, US dial. South leather-winged bat WSC, all Brit. dial. North, West
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  • learn to know
    [ probably a blending of learn and get to know, but cf. German kennenlernen (lit. learn to know) idem, possibly with
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  • learn
    /loyn/ [Car.; cf. Brit., US dial, learn to teach "now vulgar" OED; cf. Scots leir (and cognate German lehren) idem
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