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  • oven
    /ówvin/ [Atlantic pronunciation (Hancock 1969:54); cf, similar vowel correspondence in HONGRY, OGLY; cf. Scots oven a shallow pan or metal
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  • out town
    [cf. go out; also downtown, uptown] phr. into town: I goin' out town (Nassau). out-town people n. people who live
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  • out toilet
    [cf. US outhouse idem + toilet] n. a privy or outside toilet. (Inagua, Mayag.)
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  • out the way
    [cf. OED out of the way seldom met with, peculiar, devious; cf. OUT out of] adj, t. unusual: 19361 didn'
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  • out something off
    [cf. OED out to blot out obs. →1653] v. to erase something (from a blackboard): He outin' it off (San
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  • out somebody's light
    [DAE, DHS cf. OUT v. 1. extinguish, and DHE out to kill] phr. to kill someone (underworld term?). (Black)
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  • outside relative
    [i.e. outside the immediate family] n. a remotely related member of the family, such as a second or third cousin.
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  • outside closet
     [cf. OED closet short for water closet] n. privy; outside toilet: 1978 D' only paper we had was d' Tribune
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  • outside child
     [Pan-Creole; cf. Haitian āfā-dɚhç (en-fant dehors) idem (HanCock:1969:56, 70); cf. lbo onye warnunilo (lit, person outside) idem (Okolo p.c.)] n.
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  • outside
    [cf. OUTSIDE CHILD] adj. illegitimate: outside brother (Nassau). —adv. out of wedlock: I got two brother inside but I got—let
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