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  • suppose
    [US Black idem; cf. You're not supposed to . . . ] v. ought: You don't suppose to do that
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  • supply: in supply of
    phr. supplied with: They commit petty crimes to keep themselves in supply of drugs (COB). (Nassau)
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  • sun shark, sunshine shark
    [from sand shark, by simplification of final consonant cluster, vowel raising, and folk etym.] n. the sand shark, Carcharias taurus, a dangerous warm-water
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  • sun-hot
    [also W Car., Gul. (Gonzales 1922:330); cf. Yoruba õrùn mu (lit. sun hot) idem (Oyedeji p.c.), Haitian soley eho idem (Gaujean p.c.)] n.
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  • Sunday school
    [W Car.; cf. OED school a building in which school is carried on] n. a building where Sunday school is held.
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  • sun: when the sun and moon fight
    phr. 1. an eclipse. (Nassau) 2. the vernal or autumnal equinox. cf. WHEN THE SUN CROSS THE LINE (Mayag.)
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  • summer duck
    n. a small duck, the white-checked Bahama pintail (Anas bahamensis): 1731 (Catesby 97). 1972 (Paterson 37). (San Sal., Long)
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  • summer billy
    [cf. OED summer to pass one's time pleasantly obs. → 1568; to give (a person) a "sunny" or happy time obs. →
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  • Sukie, Sookie
    /súki/ [cf. Gul. suki f. personal name, Mende suki m. personal name (Turner 1949:163)] n. a feminine personal name: 1973 Sukie is that toothless,
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  • sugar wasp
    n. a small wasp (sp?). (Black)
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