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  • butter for fat
    [cf. Krio bota-fo-lad tit for tat KED] phr. like for like: 1925 Tick for tack, butter for fat; You kill
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  • butterfly flower
    [cf. DJE butterfly tree (Bauhina sp.) "from the resemblance of their bi-lobed leaves to the half-spread wings of a butterfly"]
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  • buttercup
    [OED, W3 different sp.] n. a medicinal plant with yellow flowers: 1905 Turnera ulmifolia (Shattuck 207). 1920 Tribulus cistoides (Britton
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  • bus(t) up
    /bos op/ [cf. Vir. idem (Roy 1974); Krio boses idem KED; also Scots bust to beat CSD, US bust to
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  • bus(t) out
    /bos awt/ [Gul. idem (Gonzales 1924: 192)] v.phr. to leave suddenly; run off: Them guys when you see them all
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  • bus(t)-open
    /bos ówpn/ adj. wide open (also metaphorical): 1936 a bus' open race (Dupuch 74). (Gen.) —v. to assault: 1940 He
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  • bus(t)-eye
    /bos ay/ [cf. Krio bos yay idem KED] n. a bruised or black eye. = BROWN EYE (Black)
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  • bussard
    /bósad/ [cf. OED idem obs.→ 1700's] n. the buzzard or turkey vulture.
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  • business
    [Atlantic; DJE "evid. by abbr. of have business"] v. to be usual or appropriate: 1978 Y'ain 't bizness t' bite
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  • bushy beard grass
    [from appearance] n. a coarse grass, Andropogon glomeratus: 1920 (Britton 14). = BED GRASS (Nassau)
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