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  • shake
    [cf. Krio Wan-an banguls no ba shek ‘A single armlet does not make a noise when shaken' KED; cf. OED
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  • shaggy
     [OED, unkempt] adj. shabby: 1918 A little old shaggy house in the wilderness (Parsons 22). A shaggy shirt [old] (White).
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  • shaggo
     <Black>; shy-go <Mayag., Inagua>; sheggo <Inagua> [Pan-Creole; cf. Bajan shahyego (Collymore), DJE sherigo (obs.); LA Eng. Cr. shelly-go (Stewart p.c.);
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  • shadow
    [Atlantic; OED idem 1823] n. a reflected image: 1918 Instid of showin' him de banana-tree, he show him de shader
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  • shades
    [DAS idem orig. bop musician use cl948 →; cf. OED shade covering worn above the eyes to protect them from
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  • shade
    [ED, something which affords protection from light, heat, etc.] n. a thatched roof on poles to provide shade: 1963 Adjoining
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  • shad
     [DJE Gerres sp.; OED different sp.] n. a fish, Gerres cinereus.= YELLOWFIN <Gen.>
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  • shack house
     n. a small, roughly-built house, usually of wood. <Black>
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  • shack
    [DAE, a shabby house] n. any building used as headquarters for a JUNKANOO group. <Black>
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  • sex
    [by shortening of phr. such as to have sex] v.t. (of males) to have sexual intercourse: When I come back
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