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  • See SCANK.
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  • See FIVE ROCK.
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  •  phr. to get near in order to eavesdrop. <Black>
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  • [cf. SISTER; probably by analogy to brethren, but cf. OED sistern sisters obs.→1550 and "a vulgar pronunciation sometimes heard from
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  • [Car., US Black DAS] n. a polite term of address to an unrelated female (usually of the speaker's generation; can
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  • [cf. Bajan, Gul. ṧíṧí effeminate (Hancock 1979:12); Sra. sisi master's concubine (Voorhoeve & Lichtveld 1975:5); cf. Haitian masisi homosexuel TDKF;
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  • [cf. Cuban Sp. cecí idem WFF] n. the pork-fish, Anisotremus virginicus: 1905 A very good food fish, known as the
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  • /sayríyn/ [cf. OED sirene idem obs.; also US dial. ADD] n. siren: 1940 D' sireen gone off d' udder night
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  • [cf. Car. susu idem, from Twi susùw kã to utter a suspicion DJE; Vir. shushu idem (Roy 1974); cf. also
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  • [Car.; cf. DJE snit, sinit idem] n. the sennet fish, Sphyraena borealis, which resembles the barracuda. <Andros>
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