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  • sobby yobby
    [etym. uncertain, but cf. DJE yaba vessel from Twi ayawá idem] n. a shrub (sp?) with round fruit, about two inches in diameter, used
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  • sobby
    (Eleu.); sabby (Andros, Nassau); subby (San Sal.) [cf. Brit. dial. North sob, sab to soak; US dial. South sobby sodden ADD]
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  • sob bush, sobby bush
    See SALVE BUSH.
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  • soap tree
    [OED, name for any tree whose parts may provide a soap substitute] n. a tree, Colubrina arborescens: 1977 (Patterson 31). =
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  • soap bush
    [cf. DAE soap plant any of various plants whose parts can be used for soap] n. a plant, Ambrosia hispida: 1978 (Higgs 14). My
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  • soak it on him
    [cf, OED soak (dry) to impoverish obs. → 1687; US slang soak overcharge, sock it to him to attack vigorously DAS] phr. to over-charge: 1963
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  • soak
    [OED, to absorb; to bake (bread etc.) thoroughly] v. (of rice) to be set aside to absorb the remaining water after cooking:
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  • soady
    /sówdi/ [etym?] n. a fish (sp?) resembling the barracuda. (Andros)
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  • so
    adv. 1. [Car.; "from English so … but sometimes with concurrent influence of African words and syntax—e.g. of Twi sò thus"
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  • snout seahorse
    n. a seahorse, Hippocampus reidi. (Black)
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