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  • setting up
    [cf. Car. set-up idem DJE, Gul. sett'n up idem (Gonzales 1922:325), US Black sittin'- up (Smiley 1919:382); cf. OED sit
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  • set
    v. 1. [Car.; DHS, to fix on a victim] to apply the forces of magic; to cast a spell: 1918
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  • somebody traveling
    [cf. Krio spirit di travul spirit travels, i.e. the ghost of a person just dead roams the earth KED; cf.
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  • set
    n. 1. [W Car.; cf. W3, persons of a specified social type] a group (of people): 1976 These were not
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  • serious
    [Krio idem KED; cf. OED serious giving cause for anxiety (of the condition, not the person)] adj. very ill: She
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  • serenade
    [cf. Montserrat "Masquerade troops. [as] individuals, small singing groups and string bands also go 'serenading' . . . from house
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  • serasee
    See CERACEE.
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  • sent
    [from send by hypercorrection] v. to send: 1966 He say, "And sent him out!" (Crowley 94). (Black) they sent it
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  • sensamean
    [cf. BDNE II sinsemilla a highly cultivated strain of seedless marijuana, from Mexican Sp., lit. without seed; from /sinseiníya/ by
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  • send for Fealy
    [cf. Fealy Demeritte, a Nassau undertaker] phr. used when someone faints or becomes ill (humorous). (Black)
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