electronic Dictionary of Bahamian English v3 - Definitions starting with O

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onaself
[cf. DNA -self] reflex. pron. yourselves: I say, "Ah well, now, don't worry onase'f (San Sal.). cf. YINNASELF, YOIJNAYSELVES
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ona
/óhna/ [cf. Atlantic unu you pl. (Hancock 1969:62) from lbo unu idem (Turner 1949:203); cf. óna/ idem on Roatán, Bay
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on the hill
[cf. crazy hill, the old Bahamas General Hospital compound for psychiatric patients on a ridge overlooking Nassau, in use until
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on the coast
[referring to the west coast of Africa] phr., Obs. in the slave trade (euphemism): 1888 He was then for a
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on (2)
prep. in various idioms: on catch [cf. OED catch fire become ignited] phr. on fire: 1918 When de fire was
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on (1)
[cf. Scots on in, about, regarding, of, for, to, at CSD; cf. also similar use of earlier general locative prep.
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olivewood
[OED different sp.] n. a tree, Cassine xylocarpa: 1977 (Patterson 27). (Gen.)
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olive plum
[W3 different sp.] n. a tree, the satin-leaf starapple (Chrysophyllurn oliviforme) or its fruit: 1946 (Morton 89). = DAMSON PLUM
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olive bark
[W Car.; "from olive, probably alluding to the fruit, + bark. . .alluding to the use of the bark in
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oleander moth
[from its attraction to the shrub] n. a moth of the family Ctenuchidae resembling a wasp: 1978 (Campbell 14).
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