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  • v. 1. [OED idem rare] to divide into parts or shares: 1966 He share the hog in a half (Crowley
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  • See RED SHANKS.
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  • [OED, tibia of an animal] n. the ankle bone <Inagua, Mayag.>
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  • [OED, shin] v. to kick (a person) in the shins <Eleu.>
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  • v. 1. [Gul. idem (Gonzales 1924:139); cf. OED idem obs.→1651] to be ashamed: 1974 I shame to bring friends to
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  • [cf. OED in soundings near shore so depth can be tested or sounded] n. the shallow water extending from the
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  • [in contrast to DEEP basilectal] adj. standard (language variety): 1963 All Acklins Islanders talk "deep", as they put it, compared
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  • /shéykri/ [Belize idem (Dayley); probably from shakey, influenced by SHAKER] adj. dilapidated. <Nassau>
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  •  [cf. SHAKER 2] n. the poinciana tree, = MAY-FLOWER TREE, EMPIRE FLOWERS, TOURIST TREE 2 <Exuma>
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  • [Pan-Creole; cf. Krio, Jam. shaka, Gul. shaker, Cam. shake-shake, Guy. shakshak, Sra. saká, LA Fr. shasha (Hancock 1969:56, 70); Haitian
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