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  • swidgel
    [cf. SWITCHER] n. a drink made of strawberry soda, sweet milk, and ice. (White)
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  • swelly
    [cf. OED swelling idem; possibly related to W Car. swaati fat, bloated DJE by rhotacism and /l, r/ alternation)] adj.
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  • swell-gut
    See SWELL-BELLY, SWELLER.
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  • sweller
    (Mayag.); swell-gut (Crooked) [cf. OED swell-fish idem] n. a fish, Sphaeroides nephelus, which inflates itself when attacked.
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  • swell-belly
    (Gen.); swell-gut (Exuma) [cf. Krio swɛl bɛlɛ KED, Sra. swerbere WST idem] n. a belly distended from malnutrition. cf. BELLY-SWELL, BIG-GUT, GAS-GUT,
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  • sweetwood bark
    See SWEET BARK.
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  • sweet william
    [OED, W3, DJE different sp.] n. a plant, Catharanthus roseus, with a woody stem and white or pink flowers: 1920 (Britton
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  • sweet torch (wood)
    [from its fragrant flowers] n. a tree: 1910 Nectandra sanguinea. (Northrop 153). 1920 Ocotea coriacea (Britton 143). 1977 Nectandra coriacea
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  • sweet tambran
    [cf. TAMBRAN idern] n. the tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica, the fruit of which is eaten, as opposed to MONKEY TAMBRAN, (Black)
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  • sweet-talk
    v. [Car.; US dial. South idem ADD; cf. SWEET-MOUTH v.] to coax or persuade; to flatter: Child, don't try sweet-talk me
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