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  • moon, moonbread
    [cf. OED moon a circular figure (like the full moon)] n. a round loaf of JOHNNY-CAKE: 1963 "Dis moonbread," he
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  • moo
    [from move, by an irregular loss of the final consonant possibly resulting from /v, w/ alternation] v. to move: 1936
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  • monkey tambran
    [DJE II idem; cf. TAMBRAN tamarind] n. a shrub (Lysiloma sp?) with small fruit; it causes itching: 1880 The Jamaica
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  • monojack
    See MANJACK
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  • monkey fiddle
    [W Car.; "Smooth, round stem, two pieces of which, when rubbed against each other, produce a pleasant sound as of
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  • monkey apple
    [MCC, KED, OED, W3 different sp.] n. a tree, Annona palustris, or its fruit: 1889 (Gardner 363). (Inagua)
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  • monk around
    [W Car.; also US dial. South ADD; cf. US slang monkey around idem DAS] v. phr. to tamper with something;
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  • money bat
     [cf. BAT moth; from the spots on its wings resembling coins] n. a large, dark brown moth (sp?): Money bat
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  • money
    [cf. OED monies in legal parlance or arch.] count n. a sum of money (used especially by children): Give me
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  • momma-gut
    [from its bulging belly] n. a fish, Bathygobius soporator, which lives in tidal pools: 1978 (Campbell 94).
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