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  • small-talking
    [cf. W3 small talk idem] n. casual conversation. <Eleu.>
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  • small-scale thread-fin
    n. a fish, Polydactylus oligodon: 1968 (Böhlike 209). <Exuma>
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  • small reef sponge
     n. a brownish sponge (sp?). <Black>
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  • small-mouth grunt
    n. a fish, Haemulon chrysargyreurn: 1968 (Böhlike 376). = SOW-FISH <Black>
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  • small-leaf
    (wild) fig n. a tree, Ficus perforata, with small red-brown fruit: 1977 (Patterson 45). = LATROPE <Exuma, San Sal.>
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  • small copper
    [cf. COPPER an old English penny; from its smaller size] n. an old English halfpenny: 1888 (Powles 158). <Black>
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  • small cane
    [from its resemblance to sugar cane] n. a plant, Lascia divaricata, used medicinally: 1972 (Durrell 88). cf. CANE GRASS, WILD
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  • small-bush land
    [from merger of bush shrub and BUSH forest; from the low growth] n. scrubland: 1905 The Bahama Marl or scrubland,
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  • small
    [OED narrow obs.→1803; Brit. dial. North 'thin' EDD] adj.,adv. tight (of braids): 1918 She plat down her hair small (Parsons
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  • smack and smooth
    [cf. DAE smack smooth level obs.→1848; DHS idem] phr. (razed) to the ground: They meant to mash Bay Street smack
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