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  • pop-eye John
    [from its prominent eyes] n. a variety of squirrelfish, Holocentrus sp.= BIG-EYE JOHN, JACK BRUSH (Andros, Exuma)
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  • pop
    v. [Car.; also US dial. South WEA, Black (Smiley 1919:371); OED, to
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  • poor mouth: cry (or talk) poor mouth
    [cf. Krio kray adop (cry hard-up) idem KED, US dial. South talk poor mouth idem ADD; cf. colloq. Canadian cry
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  • poor-man strength
    [from its use as a tonic] n. a trailing plant, Peteveria alliacea. = POND BUSH, FOUR MAN STRENGTH, GARLIC WEED,
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  • poor-man blanket
     [because it keeps him warm without cost] n. the sun (term used by sailors). (Inagua)
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  • Poor Joe, Po' Joe, pojo
    /pów jow/ [W Car.; Gul. idem from Vai po dzo heron (Turner 199) + folk etym?] n. the green heron,
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  • poor
    /poh/ [OED, lean and feeble from ill feeding] adj. (of people) thin: He liking that poor girl live over by
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  • poop-poop
    (Nassau, White); pop-pop (Eleu.) [cf. W Car. pok-pok idem; W3 put-put idem; from the sound of the engine] n. a
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  • poop
    [OED the aftermost part of a ship; the hinder part of a man or animal obs.→1706] n. the buttocks. (Inagua)
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  • poomp
    [cf. Belize pum idem (Dayley); cf. OED poop idem, dial. & vulgar] v. to break wind; to emit intestinal gas.
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