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  • negro
    [ED, of or belonging to, connected with, characteristic of etc. a negro or negroes] n. attributive, Obs. of the style
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  • needle
    [US slang idem DAS; OED the sharply pointed end of a hypodermic or other syringe] n. an injection of medicine:
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  • -nay
    /ney/ [probably from and they; cf. AND those, -dem for possible African origin] suffix. after a person's name to indicate
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  • nature pills
    [cf. NATURE] n. sex stimulants: 1963 (Cottman 115).
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  • nature
    [OED, vital or physical powers; semen; menses obs. →1607] n. 1. [also Trin. (Winer p.c.), US Black DARE] sexual drive.
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  • natural pear
    [cf. FALSE PEAR the northern pear] n. the avocado. = PEAR (Eleu., Andros)
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  • natural
    adj. 1. [W Car.; cf. Brit. dial. West natural entirely EDD ] entire; complete in itself: 1966 One natural head,
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  • native grits
    [from local production] n. yellow, coarsely hand-ground grits as opposed to the white, finely ground commercial variety. = ISLAND GRITS,
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  • native cherry
    [from its resemblance to the north-ern cherry] n. the Barbados cherry, MaIpigliia glabra: 1946 (Morton 19). 1978 Native cherry jam
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  • native bag
    [from its local manufacture] n. a large shopping bag with handles, made of broad strips of STRAW¹  loosely woven together.
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