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  • pimp
    v. [cf. Guy. pimpish observing slyly (Rickfor 1976: 12), Vir. pimpin' spying (Roy); Australian pimp n. sneak, informer W3; DAE
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  • pilly-ma-dick
    PITY-MA-DICK.
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  • pills
    [from the pl.] n. a pill: 1966 He took a Doan 's Kidney Pills (Crowley 106). (Black)
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  • pilcher
    (Eleu., Mayag.); pincher (Black) [cf. DJE pincher idem; OED pilcher pilchard obs. → 1796] n. a small fish, Harengula sp.,
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  • pillow
    See RICE BELOW
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  • pigeon shot
    [for shooting pigeons] n. fine shot for a shot gun. (White)
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  • pigeon plum
    [OED, W3 different sp. of Coccoloba] n. a tree (Coccoloba retusa or C. floridana) with small black fruit: 1731 Pigeon
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  • pigeon peas
    [Car.; from use as food for pigeons but cf. also Haitian pais pigeon (Faine 1974: 352)] n. the small, reddish
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  • pigeon gun
    [OED, gun for pigeons] n. a rifle: 1936 wun car pass wid a bunch o' fellers. . .holdin' pidgin gun
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  • pigeon berry
    [OED Duranta plumieri in Bermuda; W3 different sp.] n. 1. a tree, Duranta repens, with round orange fruit: 1977 (Patterson
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