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  • snake root
    [W3, DJE different sp.] n. a tree, Picrarnnia pentandra: 1835 acrid taste as the seneka or snake root (Journal 31). 1905 Snake-root
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  • snake plum
    n. a shrub (sp?) or its fruit: 1974 (Bullard 29).
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  • snake berry
    [W3 various sp.] n. a shrub (sp?) with black, inedible berries. (Black)
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  • snake bark
    [W3 different sp.] n. a tree Colubrina arborescens: 1977 (Patterson 31). = SOAP TREE cf. SMOOTH SNAKE BARK (Eleu., San Sal.)
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  • sprizzle
    [from SPRY to rain lightly + drizzle] v. to sprinkle (of rain): 1940 I radder fer it t' rain hard
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  • spacy
    [OED, spacious] adj. having gaps, as between teeth: The chairs was spacy—there was plenty room between them (Nassau). (Black)
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  • sauce: the sauce
    phr. the best (in flavour): Crab biter
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  • Saturday('s) allowance
    [from day on which slave were give it;
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  • satisfy
    [Car.; by passivization] v. to be satisfied:
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  • satinwood
    [OED, W3 different sp.; from the satiny
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