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  • maidenhead fern
    [OED different sp.] n. the asparagus fern, Asparagus plumosus. (Adelaide)
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  • maid
    [cf. Belize meedn virgin (Dayley); OED idem obs. or arch.] n. virgin: 1966 If you don't gets maid [in marriage]
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  • ma hoo
    [cf. yahoo! idem] intj., Obs? a call to gain attention: 1895 Dey call dis heagle. Dey say, "Ma hoo heagle!"
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  • maggot fish
    See MARGARET FISH
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  • maggidge
    /mágij/ [W Car.; "cf. EDD maghoges maggots...lrel., derived from maggot by change of -ts (of plur. form) to -ch. and
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  • máddo
    /madow/ maddo take sick; muddows /módows/ [cf. MOTHER BLOOD; from mother /móda/ by hypercorrection of final syllable /-a/to /-ow/; cf.
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  • madam
    [Trin. idem (Winer p.c.); cf. Haitian madanme wife (Faine 1974:248)] n. wife: He tell his madam (Eleu.). (Black)  
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  • macko jack
    [cf. ALMACO JACK] n. a fish, probably Serbia rivoliana. (Andros, San Sal.)
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  • mackabee
    /makabiy/ [etym? ] n. a plant, Abrus precatorius. = BEAD VINE, BLACK-EYED SUSAN, REM-EYE SUZY, (WILD) LICORICE (Rum Cay, San
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  • machinella
    See machineely.
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