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  • soldier('s) tassel
    [DJE different sp.] n. a plant, Emilia sonchifolia, with long red flowers: 1971 (Rabley 33). (San Sal.)
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  • Soldier Crab
    [cf. SOLDIER, perhaps from their withdrawn temperament, or alluding to a naval man-of-war's inhabitants] n. nickname for a native of Man-O-War
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  • soldier bird
    [cf. DJE cock soldier or crackpot soldier idem "evidently for its military posture"] n. the stilt, Himantopus himantopus: 1972 (Patterson 66).
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  • soldier berry
    n. a tree, Malvaviscus arboreus, with red flowers and small brown fruit: 1977 (Patterson 17). (San Sal.)
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  • soldier
    /sówja/, soldier snail [cf. OED soldier crab idem; cf. Fr. Cr. sòlda (lit. soldier) idem (Chaudenson 1974:627)] n. the hermit crab, a tiny species
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  • sog rice
    [cf. OED sog to soak, now dial.; also US dial. South WEA] n. overcooked rice. = SOBBY (Black)
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  • soft
    adj. (of cooked grits) of a semi-liquid consistency: Soft grits taste better – it almost like gruel. cf. HARD (Nassau) –v. [OED idem
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  • so far
    [OED, up to a certain point] phr. to a limited extent: They spoke English so far, but then you'da haddy use sign (Ragged).
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  • socks
    [Atlantic; from the pl.] n. sing. or pl. sock: My right-foot socks (Nassau). (Black)
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  • society steward
    [Krio idem, (in Methodist church) officer responsible for the conduct of the service KED; cf. DAE society Protestant church group] n. the official
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