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  • shingle
    [from appearance] n. a style of plaiting STRAW (Wyannie Malone Museum). <Gen.>
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  • shine-head
    [Atlantic] n., often attributive, a bald head: See that shine-head man over there? (Nassau). = BALL-HEAD <Black>
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  • shine-eye snapper
    [cf. SHINE shiny] n. a pink fish (Priacanthus cruentatus?) with large eyes. cf. GLASS-EYE SNAPPER <Black>
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  • shine
    adj. 1. [Atlantic; cf. DJE, KED] shiny, shining. 2. [cf. DAE shiner a silver or gold coin, slang.] (of coins)
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  • shimmy, shimmy-tail
     [cf. US dial. idem chemise, shim damn! ADD; probably a euphemism for shit] intj. an exclamation of annoyance. <Gen.>
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  • shifting cloud, shiffing cloud
    See SHITTING CLOUD.
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  • shet
    [Gul. idem (Gonzales 1924:47); OED obs.; dial. in Brit. EDD, US (also Black) ADD] v. to shut: 1918 Her eyes
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  • shepherd(s) needle
     [W3 different sp.; cf. DAE Spanish needle idem; from needle-like seeds which cling to clothing] n. 1. a plant, Bidens
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  • shell plant
    [cf. W3 shell ginger (A. speciosa)] n. a large ornamental plant, Alpinia nutans: 1889 (Gardner 353). = GINGER <Mayag., Inagua>
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  • shell orchid
    [cf. SHELL 2; from its pods] n. a plant, Anacheilium cochleatum: 1920 (Britton 93). <Mayag., Inagua>
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