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  • shell-fish
    [cf. Vir. idem trunk-fish (Seaman); OED, oysters, crabs, etc.] n. fish with bony exoskeletons, such as COWFISH, TRUNKFISH, etc. =
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  • shell
    [cf. US Black shells the outside covering of dried beans (Walker 1956:295); Brit. dial. East shell peapod (Orion L40); Scots
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  • sheeps
    [by hypercorrection] n. pl. sheep: 1895 All de hudder sheeps (Edwards 67). <Black>
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  • sheep-runner
     [OED, sheep farmer (Australia)] n. 1. a native of Inagua: 1979 (LaRoda 68). 2. a native of Long Island: That
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  • shedder
     [possibly the remnant of an obs, form from shed + —EE] v. to shed: When snake shedder he skin (Brown
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  • she
    pron. 1. [Car.] her (object, possessive; rare except on the Out Islands, the more usual forms being HE or HIM):
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  • sharp-nose shark
     [W3 different sp.] n. a shark, Rhizoprionodon porosus: 1968 (Böhlke 20). <Inagua>
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  • sharp
     v. [OED now only dial.; US Black idem ADD] to sharpen: 1918 Her husband is gone out to sharp the
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  • shark teeth
     [from jagged edge] n. a style of plaiting broad strips of STRAW1 (Bannister display). <Black>
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  • Shark, Shark-Eater
     n. nickname for a native of Harbour Island, a cay off Eleuthera. <White>
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