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  • old woman
    [DJE, EDD different sp.] n. a tree, Tabebuia bahamensis: 1977 Some of the natural trees are. . .old man and
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  • old wife
    [Atlantic; cf. Brit. dial. North ale wife different sp. EDD] n. 1. a fish: 1731 (Catesby 22). 1788 Old wife
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  • old-story
    /ówl stòwri,-stùri/ [cf. US Black ol’-timey story idem (Parsons 1917a:169)] n. a folk tale, often with animal characters referred to
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  • old sour
    [cf. old aged + SOUR lime] n. fermented lime juice, used as a condiment: 1978 Bahamian old sour:  two cups lime
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  • old man('s) plum
    [cf. DEVIL('s) PLUM idem and DJE old man the Devil] n. a plant, Solanum havenense; its berry is said
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  • old man('s) beard
    [Car.; cf. Brit. dial. idem W3 and Scots auld-man's-beard CSD, both different sp.; from the plant's "thin, curly greyish stems...
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  • old man
     [OED, W3 different sp.] n. ] . a tree, Guettarda krugii: 1977 (Patterson 67). = FROGWOOD(Gen.) 2. a tree, Diospyros
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  • old mama
    n. the game of tag;  the child who is "it" and has to tag the others is called the old
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  • old maid
    [OED, West Indian name of a plant, Vinca rosea] n. a plant: 1920 Catharanthus roseus (Britton 336). 1972 Vinca rosea
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  • old lady mangrove
    [etym?] n. a tree, Rhizophora mangle: 1978 (Higgs 16). (Inagua)
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