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  • poke
    [OED, to thrust intrusively] n. a lower-class person who tries to ingratiate himself with people of higher social standing (derogatory).
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  • poisonwood
    [from its poisonous sap and fruit] n. a tree, Metopium toxiferum: 1731 (Catesby 40). 1895 pison-wood tree (Edwards 64). =
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  • poison toad
    [see quot.] n. a fish: 1905 Scorpaena plumieri, S. grandicornis (called poison toad) be­cause of the painful wounds they inflict with
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  • poison ivory
    [cf. OED poison ivy] n. a trailing plant (sp?) with an irritating sap. (Black)
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  • poison cherry
    [DJE idem; from its small red fruit] n. a shrub, Rhacoma crossopetalum: 1920 (Brit­ton 248). (Inagua)
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  • poison bush
    [OED different sp.] n. a shrub, Grim­meodendron eglandulosum: 1920 (Britton 232).= YOUNG MANCHIONEEL (Black)
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  • poinciana
     [from De Poinci, 17th century governor of part of the Fr. West Indies W3] n. a large tree, Poinciana regia,
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  • poco-poco
    [Car.; cf. Am. Sp." Cómo te va?" "Pa­co a poco": "How's it going?" (i.e. "How arcyou?") "Little by little" (i.e. "I'm making
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  • pock, pork
    /pohk/ [cf. OED puck to hit or strike obs. except dial.] v. 1. to hit with around object such as
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  • pocaution
    [from precaution, by loss of /r/] n. contraceptive: Let your daughter know that there are pocotion in any pharmacy or hospital
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