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  • red bead vine
    [DJE, OED different sp.] n. a plant, Rhynchosia minima: 1889 (Gardner 377). (Black)
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  • red bay
    [W3 different sp.] n. a tree: 1920 Persea pubescens (Britton 144). 1977 P. palustris (Patterson 48). (Inagua)
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  • red banana
    [Car.] n. a variety of banana: 1918 a big bunch of red bananas (Parsons 51). (Gen.)
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  • red
    adj. 1. [Pan-Creole; cf. Haitian sik rouj (lit. sugar red) brown sugar TDKF; a calque: "in Twi and other W Afr languages
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  • receiver
    n. a receptionist-watchman for a public building. (Nassau)
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  • reach (2)
    [Brit. dial. Gen. idem EDD] v. to retch: 1966 (Crowley 32). (Exuma, San Sal.)
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  • reach (1)
    [Atlantic; Brit. dial. North, Mid idem EDD] v. absolute to arrive: Call me when you reach (Nassau). When five o'clock
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  • raw-bone, raw-born
    [cf. OED raw in a natural state, influencing OED raw-bone gaunt obs. → 1772] adj. genuine, real: She is a
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  • rat wood
    [etym?] n. a tree, Erythroxylon brevipes, with reddish bark and small red fruit: 1910 (Northrop 159). 1977 E. rotundifolium (Patterson
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  • rattles
    [cf. OED ratlines idem, also rattle v. to furnish with ratlines] n. pl. ratlines, steps in a ship's rigging: You
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