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  • seven-year apple
    [OED idem "supposed to require seven years to ripen"] n. a shrub, Guenipa clusiaefolia, with small, apple-like fruit: 1731 I
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  • seven stars
    [Gul. idem Pleiades (Parsons 1923:211), Sra. sébintara, sébistara idem WST; cf. OED seven stars the Pleiades; the Great Bear obs.→1754]
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  • seven sisters
    n. 1. [ OED idem obs.→1742] the Pleiades, a constellation of stars. <San Sal.>  2. [cf. OED seven sister('s) rose (same
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  • seven o' clock bush
    [from time of flowers' opening] n. a shrub (sp?) with white flowers.
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  • seven-finger
    [DJE idem; from finger-like leaflets] n. a variety of FIVE FINGER (Syngonium auritum) with two additional leaflets. <White>
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  • Seven-Day people
    [by simplification of final consonant cluster of seventh] n. Seventh-Day Adventists: These Seven-Day people does do some odd things, boy!
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  • set up
     v. [ OED, to post, advertise] to offer (a reward): A reward was set up for the criminal (COB). <Black>
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  • set-up
    n. [cf. SETTING-UP 2] a CONCERT on New Year's Eve. <Crooked>
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  • settlement
    [Gul. idem (Gonzales 1924:31)] n. village, especially on the outer islands (the only word in common use). <Gen.>
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  • settle his behind
    [cf. Bartlett 1848 settle one's hash to properly punish one; cf. Scots settle attend to] phr. to spank (a child):
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