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  • pudding-wife
    [cf. OED idem Platyglossus radiatus "also called pudding-fish" 1734→; cf. also Gul. pudi a wide, flat, scaleless saltwater fish having
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  • pudding fish
    [cf. PUDDING-WIFE] n. a fish, Sparus radiatus: 1788 (Schoepf 277). (San Sal)
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  • publish: the publish
    [cf. DAE publish to publish the banns of marriage] n. the public notification of marriage posted on a church door:
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  • pry (stick), prize-stick
    [cf. OED pry dial. and US (shortened from prize, prise. . .through confusing the final consonant with the -s of the
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  • prune legs
    [cf. RAISIN-LEG idem; from appearance of dark sores] n. a person with many sores on his legs. (Andros)
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  • provision land
    [DAE idem, good land for crops 18251 n. rich, black loam used for raising crops: 1905 The Bahama Black Loam,
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  • provision ground
    [W Car.; OED idem "in the West Indies"; cf. GROUND field] n. a field for crops: 1966 They brought him
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  • Providence
    [see quot] n. early name of the island of New Providence (Oldmixon 1741). 1880 Cap­tain William Sayle... was driven into the harbour
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  • prove
    [Gul. idem (Parsons 1923:9); OED, arch. except in technical uses] v. to test' 1966 "For we to prove how if this fish poison,"
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  • proud flesh
    [OED overgrown flesh around a wound; US dial. idem DARE] n. a painful grow­ing of the gums over the teeth. (Inagua, San
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