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  • lobo
    /lówbow/ [cf. Sp. lobo del mar or lobo marino (lit. sea wolf) seal] n. the West Indian monk seal, Monachus
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  • loaf off
    [from loaf n.] v. phr. to separate (bread dough) into loaves: You knead you bread, let it rise a little
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  • loaden
    [OED idem, obs. except dial.; US dial. idem ADD] v. to load: They loaden the boat now (Eleu.).
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  • loaded down
    adj. pregnant. cf. HEAVY DOWN (Black)
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  • Lizzie potato
    n. a variety of sweet potato: 1977 I helped to plant sweet potatoes. The "Lizzie" potato was known to grow
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  • lizard
     [from shape] n. penis (youth slang). cf. SLING YOUR LIZARD (Exuma, Eleu)    
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  • live story
    /layv stowri/ [W Car.] n. an eyewitness account. (Black)
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  • live good
    [Car.] v. phr. to get along well: Dey living good, like breda (Nassau). (Gen.)
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  • live-forever
     (cf. LEAF-OF-LIFE, LIFE-LEAF n. a medicinal plant, Bryophyllum pinnatum: 1905 (Shattuck 207). 1978 (Higgs 7.). = PLOPPERS, PORPUS
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  • live (doing)
    [cf. Sp, vivo cantando (lit. I-live singing) I'm always singing] v. phr. to do con­tinuously or habitually; always do: We
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