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  • lean up
    [by analogy to lean down] v. phr. to stop leaning; to stand up. (Nassau)
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  • leakening
     [stem from present participle leakin' + -ing; cf. OED leak v.t. to let (water etc.) in or out through a leak] v. leaking:
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  • leaf-of-life
    [Car. idem "any leaf of which, dropped on the ground, sprouts a new plant at each indentation in its edge (this probably explains
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  • leaf
    [W Car.; cf. Réunion Cr. Fr. fey koko (lit. leaf coconut) idem (Chaudenson 1974:212)] n. palm frond: 1966 Take a couple
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  • le
    See LE' GO, LE'S.
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  • lazy tree
    [OED lazy applied to things, places, or conditions favourable or appropriate to laziness] n. a large shade tree with a bench
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  • lay on your chest
    or stomach [Trin. idem (Winer p.c.); cf. OED lie on the stomach of food: to be felt as oppressive obs.→1711; cf. Brit.,
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  • lay off
    [OED, to take a rest, dial. and US] v.i. 1. to lie back and relax: 1918 He laid off jus' de same
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  • lay-back
    [cf. US slang lay to have coitus with someone DAS] adj. pregnant: 1980 (Dorsett 4). Her and Annie, all two of them lay-back the
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  • lawless
    [Car.; OED, unbridled; cf. also OED law correctness of conduct obs.→1440] adj. crude; lacking a sense of decorum: A lawless laugh (San Sal.). (Black)
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