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  • puppy-foot
    [DAS puppy-dog feet idem; from simi­larity to foot-prints of a dog] n. (playing cards) the suit of clubs. (Nassau, Eleu)
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  • puppus
    See PORPY
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  • pupfish
    [cf. DJE puppy-fish] n. a fish, Cyprinodon laciniatus: 1968 (Böhlke 133). (Andros, Adelaide)
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  • punu-kunuku
    /pùnu-kunúwku/ [cf. DJE bunu­nunus, putu, tutu terms of endearment] n. mean­ing uncertain, probably a term of endearment: Go, my punu-kunuku
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  • punk
    [Gut. idem (Stewart 1974:41); cf. OED, prostitute obs. →1785: US young gangster, hood­lum; a youth used as a homosexual partner... prison
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  • punish
    [Atlantic; probably by passivization, but cf. Twi bere punish, suffer (Aboagye p.c.)) v. to suffer: He punish to do that [i.e. it
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  • punch
    [W Car.; cf. Sp. ponche idem] n. a beverage made from rum mixed with a raw egg: 1976 Punches required the
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  • pump-up boat
    n. an inflatable rubber dinghy. (Inagua, Mayag)
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  • pumpkin
    /póngkin/ [Car.] n. a squash (Cucurbita sp.) With green rind and orange flesh. (Gen.)
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  • pump
     [from earlier public water pumps on streets) n. a water faucet; a tap: The pump [in the kitchen] leakening down to
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