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  • princess
    n. prince: 1918 She marry to de princess (Parsons 36). (Mayag.)
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  • primit
     /prímit/ (Nassau); plymouth /plímit/ (An­dros) [from permit by metathesis and Il, r/ alter­nation] n. a fish, the permit (Trachinotus pom­pano).
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  • prim
    [cf. DJE prims idem; OED prim to show self affectedly demure obs.→I706] v. 1. (usually of girls) to show off; to
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  • prickly tree
    n. a tree, Terminalia spinosa: 1910 (Northrop 171). = BRIAR TREE (Inagua, White)
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  • prickly bush
    n. a shrub, Anthacanthus spinosus: 1920 (Britton 403). (White)
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  • prickle pine
    [MCC idemj n. the bastard cedar tree, Guazuma ulmifolia. (Eleu.)
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  • prickle pear
    [Gul. idem (Writers' Program 1940: 100); OED idem→1836] n. the prickly pear cac­tus, Opuntia sp., with a flat, jointed stem and
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  • prickle grass
    [W Car.] n. a coarse grass with burs: 1920 Prickle grass. . .Nazia alienna (Britton 14). You should wear tennis;
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  • prickle
    [W3, a small spine or thorn] n. 1. a patch of thorny plants: 1918 Don't put me in the prickle, else
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  • pretty-ma-dick
    See PITY-MA-DICK.
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