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  • shuck
    [OED, husk of snot] n. the husk of a coconut: When you chop the coconut, you got to get off
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  • shub
     /shob/, shoove /shuv/ [cf. W Car. /shub/ idem; cf. Brit. dial. Mid. North /ʋ/ for standard /ə/ (Orton Ph 158)]
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  • Shrimps
    See STRIMPS.
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  • show from you
    [probably from shove, by /v, w/ alternation or /v/ merging with the following /1/, with vowel influenced by show] phr.
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  • shouting meeting
     [cf. SHOUT] a religious service with singing: 1880 They sang the religious songs which they had learned in "the shouting
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  • shouter
    [Trin. idem (Winer p.c.); cf. SHOUT] n. a member of a religious sect: 1888 This church belongs to a sect
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  • shout
    [cf. Gul. ʃaut a religious ring dance in which the participants continue to perform until they become exhausted (Turner 1949:202);
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  • shoulder basket
     n. a round basket with a strap to go over the shoulder. <Gen.>
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  • should, shoulda
    [from should('ve)] auxiliary v. ought to (no tense agreement): 1977 They have accident up there. You shoulda turn back (advice
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  • short wind: the short wind
    [Atlantic; cf. OED shortwinded suffering from difficulty in breathing (the major symptom)] n. asthma. <Black>
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