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  • booboo (2)
    [cf. Gul. bubu any insect (usually one whose sting is poisonous); cf. Fula mbubu a fly, Kongo mbu mosquito, Fon 
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  • booboo (1), booboo-man
    [Pan-Creole; cf. MCC buubuu, Sra. boeboe NEW, Guy, boo-boo man (Yansen 14), Trin. Fr. boubou (Thomas 20) idem; a convergence
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  • boo (2)
    [Bajan idem (Collymore)] n. nasal mucus. (White)
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  • boo (1)
    [cf. B', B'O' brother] n. my dear (as a term of address). (Black)
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  • bonnet
    bonnet-cub (Gen.); bonnet-nose cub (Mayag.); bonnet-mouth (Exuma, Inagua) [from the lobes around the mouth (see quot.); cf. CUB, COR13] n.
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  • bong
    [cf. BANG-BANG, DING-DONG] v. to ring (a bell): They had a bell which they bong when they needed it (Long).
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  • boney sicker, boney sticker
    See BANNY-SINKEL.
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  • bones: I bones
    [etym?] phr. (in playing KNUCKS HOLE with marbles) the announcement made after going from the first to the third hole
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  • bone
    n. the central spine of a palm frond. (Andros, Exuma)
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  • bonavis beans
    (Black); bonavis peas (White) /bóhnavis/ [DJE idem "from the place of origin, the island of Bona Vista, Cape Verde"] n.
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