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  • [cf. BRUISE 2] n. 1. an instrument for making conch tender, usually a foot-long wooden club or a soft-drink bottle.
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  • [OED, to pound, crush; to beat small, grind down] v. 1. to mash corn in a mortar for grits. (Mayag.)
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  • See BRA
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  • See BRIGGADUM.
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  • See BROKE.
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  • /brawn trasha/ (Black); brown thrusher (White) [cf. BLUE THRASHER] n. the mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos: 1910 (Northrop 52). = ENGLISH THRASHER
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  • [cf. W3 brownnose (from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one's nose in the anus of the person
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  • [Atlantic] adj. mulatto; having a light-brown complexion: 1936 I see won 'Merican woman wid her hair all curl up. Right
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  • [cf. W3 red sage, DJE purple sage, both Lantana sp.] n. a shrub (sp?) with grayish leaves and fragrant lavender
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  • [W3 racer any of various snakes ... as black racer, blue racer] n. a snake, Alsophis vudii, harmless to humans:
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