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  • long years ago
    [cf. LONG 2; OED long years many years (rhetorical)] adv. phr. many years ago: Long Cay used to name Fortune
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  • Long Tom
    [cf. LONG 1 tall] n. a tree, Citharexylum fruticosm: 1920 (Britton 371).
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  • long-time friends
    [cf. Cam. long-taym ancient CCD] n. friends of long standing; old friends: She tell me everything -- me and her
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  • long time
    [Car.] adv. phr. a long time ago; for a long time: 1966 I been want somebody eat B' Booky long
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  • long-tail dove
    [cf. DJE long-tailed pea-dove idem] n. the mourning dove, Zenaida macroura: 1972 (Paterson 85). (Inagua, White)
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  • long-tail crow
    [DJE idem] n. the smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani, a black bird related to the cuckoo: 1972 (Paterson 94). = (BLACK)
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  • long out
    [W Car.; cf. loll idem (Parsons 1918: 94)] v. phr. to extend (the tongue): 1966 B' Snake started longing out
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  • long-leg
    [OED different sp.] n. type of large mosquito, especially the male: 1817 Long legs, moquitoes, and sand flies (Dowson 99).
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  • long gaulin
    [also Vir. (Highfield), DJE, "evid. transf. from the name of the bird gaulin (heron)"] n. a tall, thin person: You
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  • long dollars
    [cf. US Black money ain't long enough money isn't sufficient (Folb); cf. LONG 2] n. a great deal of money:
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