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  • rain comin'
    [cf. RAIN CATCH 'EM] phr. said near the end of a square dance as a warning to dancers to end
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  • rain catch 'em
     [cf. CATCH 8] phr. said of dancers who end up in the wrong position when a square dance is over:
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  • raggy
    [US dial. idem ADD] adj. ragged: 1918 a mangy, dirty, little raggy boy (Parsons 128). (Black)
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  • ragged lady
     [from appearance of flowers] n. the spider lily, Hymenocallis sp.:1971 (Rabley 53). (San Sal.)
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  • rage
    [OED sudden rising of the sea→, 1577, except for 1885 Bah. quot.
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  • rag
    rag n. the tough, whitish skin adhering to sections of grapefruit, mamey,
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  • rack
     [W3 a framework or stand on which articles are placed] n. a
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  • race off
    [cf. E Car., Gul. race to chase away (Roy 1977:70); by transitivization] v. to drive (an animal) away: That goat
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  • race
    [W Car.; cf. Gul. "Dat fambly—all dat race o' People" (Writers' Program 1940:96); OED idem obs. →.1790; cf. Haitian ras
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  • Rabby, B'Rabby
    [cf. US Black Br'er Rabbit, Krio bra Rabit KED; from rabbit, perhaps influenced by Robby (nickname for Robert); the folktale
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