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  • pull train
    [cf. US Black pull a train (on a woman) idem (Kochman 1972:163); DAS pull a train (of a girl) to
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  • pull to you
    [cf. pull row in Vir. (Roy), Cayman (Kohlman 1969:26)] v. phr. turn to port (instruc­tion to man rowing boat): 1977 (Albury 66). cf.
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  • pull it
    [cf. colloq. pull it off carry out success­fully] v. phr. to cope (with a situation): I don't like the hospital.
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  • pullet
    [OED, a young hen] n. (of birds) the female: 1895 de pullet dove (Edwards 100). (San Sal.)
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  • pull-back
    [cf. PULL-AND-HAUL-BACK) n. a climb­ing woody vine, Pisonia aculeata: 1920 (Britton 132). = HAUL BACK (Inagua, White)
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  • pull-and-haul-back
    [from its prickles, which catch the passerby] n. a spiny tree (sp?). cf. PULL-BACK (White)
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  • pull
    [OED, to lower or depress in health] v. (of illnesses) to cause to lose weight: Sickness is pulling her down (White). (Gen.) —adj. drawn, weak,
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  • pulka mazulka
    [from polka + mazurka, two lively Polish dances] n. a fast dance no longer per­formed: 1978 (Bethel 173). (Nassau, San
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  • pug-gut
    [cf. OED pot-gutted, possibly converging with pug short, squat and Kongo mpongo fatness (Turner 149)] n. a protruding belly: With
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  • puddle of children
    [cf. OED puddle confused heap dial.] n. many children in one family. (Andros, Elm)
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