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  • nyam, yam
    [Pan-Creole; cf. Mauritian Fr. nyamnyam (Baker p.c.); Puerto Rican Sp. ñam-ñam, Pap. jomi-jomi all idem (Dillard 1976.164, 288); "njam is
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  • nuss, nuss-head
    [cf. OED nurse a dogfish or shark; also nurse hound] n, a shark (sp?): 1731 Fish frequenting the Bahama Seas
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  • Nunga
    See NANGO.
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  • numsack
    See NAMSACK.
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  • number thirteen
    [not in DJE, but cf. NUMBER ELEVEN for probable etym.) n. a variety of mango: 1889 The Mangoes of the
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  • number eleven
    DJE idem: "First introduced into this island in June 1782, being among a number of valuable plants taken in a
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  • number man
    [cf. OEDS II numbers an illegal form of gambling in which bets are taken on the occurrence of numbers in
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  • nuff, 'nough
    /nof/ [Atlantic; aphetic form of OED enough quite, abundantly, now only in certain colloq. phrases, as sure enough] adv. abundantly,
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  • nothing: ain nothin' to it
    (US Black idem, a curt, resisting reply often given to "What's happening?" or "How are you?" (Claerbaut 57); US colloq.
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  • nothing
    /nótin/ [Gul. idem ADD; OED, not at all (qualifying verb); arch. in US] adv, at all (after a negative): 1918
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