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  • porg, pawg
    /pohg/ [cf. PORGIE] n. a fish, Iridio bivittatus. = BLUE RAINBOW, GILLEMBO, SLIPPERY DICK (Nassau)
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  • putty, pooty
    /púti/ [Gul. idem (Turner 272); foppish pronunciation in 18th century Brit. (Cassidy p.c.)] adj. pretty; 1918 Look at dis pooty gyirl
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  • putting out the baby
     n. phr. a ceremony in which a newborn infant is presented to the family's relatives and neighbors; when it is nine
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  • putting in jail
    [cf. SAIL ring] n. phr. a game played with marbles: putting in jail. . .Three players shoot and try to hit
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  • put-put
    /put put/ [cf. W3 putt-putt idem] n. 1. a slow passenger boat. = POOP POOP (Inagua, Mayag.) 2. the engine of
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  • put-back
    [OED idem 1697 only] n. setback; handi­cap: Poverty is not a disgrace but it is a hell of a put-back
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  • put
    [W Car.; cf. Sp. poner idem] v. absolute: to place: 1966 I doesn't put a sing if it doesn't require it (Crowley
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  • pussy-seller
    [cf. DHS pussy female pudenda] n. prostitute (derogatory). (Black)
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  • pussy-mouth
    [cf. OED pussy cat; cf. MOUTH mouth and chin] n. a receding chin. (Black)
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  • pussley
    /pósli/ [W Car.; dial, form of purslane in Brit., US (DJE, OED)] n. an aromatic plant (sp?). (Gen.)
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