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  • old lady
    [US Black one's mistress or wife (Major); DHS one's wife or mother] n. one's girlfriend, wife or mother: Da's my
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  • old(er) heads
    [Car.; probably from a phrase such as "Older heads are wiser"] n. the older generation in a community, generally defined
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  • old-day, olden-days, olden-time
    [elliptical: from the old (en) days] adj. old-fashioned: 1966 The gal going and get. . one of the old-day fan,
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  • okra, ochra
    /ówkra/; ochry /ówkri/ [cf. US dial. South okry okra ADD; cf. Igbo okura (Todd 1975:281)] n. a plant, Hibiscus esculentus,
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  • okay, O.K.
    /owkéy/ [W Car.; W3 all right: cf. sim-ilar use of ALL RIGHT] intj. a greeting said in passing or parting.
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  • oily (nut), early nut
     óyli [from their high oil content] n. mature, dried coconuts. (Black)
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  • off side
    [0ED, adv. phr. away from one's own side] n. a place out of the way or off to one side:
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  • offer
    [OED, indirect and direct obj., or direct obj. and to] v. to offer (with indirect but no direct object): 1966
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  • off-black
    [cf. W3 off-white white tinged with another color] adj. of a somewhat lighter complexion than black: 1971 Starting with black
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  • off
    n. [from off the island] abroad: 1963 This man come from off and go straight to the well (Cottman 66).
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