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  • short of patient
    [cf. Gul. shawt-pashunt irritable (Gonzales 1922:325); from short of patience (cf: distant distance)] phr. quick-tempered. <Black>
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  • short-leaf wild fig
     n. a tree, Ficus citrifolia, with small, edible white seeds: 1977 (Patterson 45). <Black>
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  • shortie
    /shóhti/ [cf. OED schottische a dance like the polka, influenced by short] n. the schottische, a square dance popular in
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  • short eddy
    /shoht édi/ [cf. EDDY; from its short, round tubers] n. a plant, Colocasia esculenta, with an edible rhizome: 1889 shot
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  • shortage
    [from short-circuit, influenced by shortage deficiency, or possibly outage loss of electrical power] n. an electrical short-circuit: They house burn
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  • shop
    [cf. OED shop-bought] attributive n. bought in a store; not made by hand: 1940 "Did you make them yourselves?" I
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  • shooting star
    [W3 different sp.; from star-shaped leaves] n. a tree, Erythrina christagalli: 1956 (Higgs 11). <Black>
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  • shooting cloud
    See SHITTING CLOUD.
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  • shoot-for-take
     [cf. FOR complementizer] n. the usual game of marbles, in which a player keeps the marbles he hits. <Inagua, Mayag.> -v.
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  • Sho’ ‘nuff
    /show nóf/ [US Black idem ADD; from sure enough] adv. certainly: 1936 Dese …ol’ garrisons is sho’ ‘nuff interestin’ (Dupuch
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