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  • spoogie
    /spúwgi/ (Black); spooks /spuwks/ (Eleu.) [cf. Vir. splucka idem (Seaman), US dial. South spark idem WSC; cf. also SPROGIE] n. 1. girlfriend. 2. term
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  • Sponging
    Catching sponges for export was a major industry in the Bahamas until the 1930's. Many varieties of these marine animals were found
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  • sponge
    [OED, n. the soft fermenting dough of which bread is made] v. to let (yeast dough) rise. cf. LIGHT 2 (Black)
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  • spokadocious
    /spòwkadówshas/ or spankadocious [etym. uncertain, but cf. SPOOKS girlfriend, DJE stoshus stylish "probably reduced from ostentatious with vowel a changed by analogy to
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  • spliff
    [cf. DJE splif a smoke of ganja, a ganja cigarette "cf. US slang spifflicate to make drunk, to bewilder"; DAS idem]
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  • spitty nor'easter
    [cf. Scots spitter wind-driven rain CSD] n. a misty rain from the northeast. (Gen.)
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  • spirit take to someone
    [also Guy. (Yansen 39), Krio KED; cf. DAS take (a shine) to take a liking to] phr. to like (a person): My
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  • spirit can't agree
    [cf. OED spirit the emotional part of a person] phr. to be unable to get along with (a person): Them
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  • spirit bird, sperit bird
    [cf. SPERIT, from belief that it foretells of a death in a household by lighting on the roof] n. a black
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  • Spirit: in the Spirit
    [cf. OED Spirit the active essence of the Deity] phr. in a state of religious ecstasy: 1980 Being "in the
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