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  • rat stick
    [from use in striking rats] n. a club: 1918 (Parsons 88). (San Sal.)
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  • rat root
    [etym?] n. a plant (Chiococca alba?) used medicinally. = PEE-A-BED (Adelaide)
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  • rat-nanny tree
    [cf. NANNY excrement; from appearance of berries] n. a shrub (sp?) with small, edible black berries. (Exuma)
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  • rather
    [W Car.; Gul. idem (Gonzales 1924:116); from would rather cf. Haitian pito préférer (cf. Fr. plutôt sooner, rather) TDKF] v.
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  • rat-bat tree
    [etym? cf. MCC rat-bat bush (Saphrantus foetidus), DJE bat-bush (Passiflora sexflora) "from the spate of the leaf"] n. a tree
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  • rat-bat
    [W Car.; cf. BAT moth] n. the bat, a flying mammal. = LEATHER-WINGED BAT (Black)
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  • rassle
    See WRASTLE.
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  • raspberry
    [OED, W3 different sp.] n. a prickly bush (sp?) with small white flowers, bearing black berries the size of pigeon
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  • rash
    [cf. OED rash to scrape out obs. → 1650] n. boiled grated coconut with sugar, used as a pastry filling.
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  • rap someone up
    [cf. OED rap to knock] v. phr. to applaud someone, epsecially for a generous donation at a church CONCERT. (Inagua,
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