electronic Dictionary of Bahamian English v3 - Definitions starting with P

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poo
[euphemism for poop] n. 1. buttocks. (Eleu.) 2. the rump, as of a fowl. (Long) 3. anus. (Nassau, San Sal.) 4. [cf. Atlantic pupú idem (Hancock 1969:60) and
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pony (2)
n. [etym?] dried nasal mucus. -= TONY (White)
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pony
adj. [cf. POOR perhaps influenced by puny] (of people) thin. (Andros)
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ponga, pawnga
[etym?] n. the female genitals: 1966 (Crowley 24).
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pone
[Car.; US dial. South pone corn-bread ADD; from Algonquian (Amerindian) apan baked W3; cf. also Car. Sp. pon id em (Alvarez Nazario 1974:
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pond top hat
/póhn tohp hat/ [POND TOP + hat] n. a hat made of STRAW1: 1936 (I) fan muh troubled brow wid
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pond top
from its marshy habitat + TOP] n. a palm, Sabal palmetto, whose leaves are used for thatch and STRAW WORK: 1920 (Britton 60).
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pond grass
n. a rush-like plant (sp?): (Fernander 1980). (Long)
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pond crab
n. a crab, Cardisoma guanhumi =WHITE CRAB, WHITEY 2 (Black)
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pond bush
[DAE different sp.] n. a shrub, Peteveria alliacea. = GARLIC WEED, OBEAH BUSH, POOR-MAN STRENGTH, FOUR MAN STRENGTH, GUINEA-HEN WEED, STRONG-MAN'S WEED (Black)
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