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  • squares
    [from pattern] n. a style in which the hair is divided into squares, each of which forms a single braid which
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  • square
    [from shape but cf. also Haitian karo 2.5 acres (cf. Fr. carreau square) TDKF] n. a plot of land cleared
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  • squall
    [probably from school, influenced by squall storm] n. a school (of fish). (Black)
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  • spy glass
    [W Car.; OED, a small telescope nautical; Scots a monocle CSD] n. 1. binoculars. (Gen.) 2. a magnifying glass. (Black)
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  • spur
    (White); spore (San Sal.) [cf. OED spur a sharp pointed growth on part of the body] n. the operculum of the conch,
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  • spudding (potatoes)
    [cf. DAS spud to spade; a potato; cf. also POTATO breast] phr. to be developing breasts (of adolescent girls). (Black)
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  • spry
    n. [Bajan idem (Collymore); cf. OED spry, obs. variant of spray, water blown from or thrown up by the waves of
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  • sprout-weed
    n. the shoot from a root left underground when the ground was being cleared for farming: I got to go weed
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  • sprogue
    /sprowg/ [cf. Brit. dial. North sprogue to ramble for pleasure; to make love under cover of night EDD] v. to go out
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  • sprogie
    /sprówgi/ [cf. SPOOGIE, SPROGUE] n. a girlfriend. (Black) —adj. (of a girl) well dressed: She sure lookin' sprogie today (Eleu).
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