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  • pass (2)
     n. [cf. pass to evacuate (the bowels) W3] bowel movement: 1980 The baby's constipated —she ain' had a pass for
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  • pass
    pass n. [W Car.; OED, a ticket authorizing free travel] passage; fare: They pay my pass (Nassau). (Black)
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  • partridge
     [OED, DJE different sp.] n. a bird, the Key West quail dove (Geotrygon chrysia): 1960 (Bond 108).
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  • partner
    /páhdna/ [Atlantic; US dial. idem ADD; from partner, possibly influenced by Brit. dial. North paddy bricklayer's labourer EDD] n. close
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  • parrot wood
     [DJE idem (sp?)] n. a tree, Buxus bahamensis, with mottled bark and yellow fruit: 1977 (Patterson 81). = CRISPY WOOD(Inagua)
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  • paroquet
    paroquet /páraket/ [OED variant of parakeet, a small member of the parrot order] n. 1. a bird, the black-faced finch
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  • parma city
     [from spermaceti by simplification of initial consonant cluster and influence from city] n. spermaceti, a fatty substance obtained from whales
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  • parents
    parents [OED a person who exercises the functions of a parent] n, parents or grandparents: We were brought up by
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  • parch (2)
    patch /pa(h)ch/ [Atlantic; cf. OED parch to dry, shrivel; US dial, to roast ADD] v. to toast or roast (especially
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  • parch
    parch' /pahch/ [W Car.; from patch] v. to repair; to patch. (Gen.)
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