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  • blue balls
    [US slang idem (A. Abrahamse p.c.); DAS gonorrhea] n. aching of the testicles caused by sexual frustration: 1971 The sexual
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  • blue
    n. 1. [Car.; Brit. usage] laundry bluing: 1918 He take a white sheet an a tub o' water. . .
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  • blow-conch
    /blów kohngk/ n. a conch shell with a small hole in the tip, used as a horn for signaling. =
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  • blow
    n. 1. [cf. Brit. dial. North, Scots blow breathe EDD; DHS blow a breathing space, have a blow to rest]
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  • blossom
    n. a particular plant (sp?) with yellow flowers. (Nassau, Inagua)
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  • bloomers
    [W3 "after Mrs. Amelia Bloomer (died 1894) Am. pioneer in social reform who advocated such clothing ... a costume for
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  • bloojoom!
    /blujúwm, bluzhúwm/ [also Guy. baajow idem (Yansen 13), Gui. boo-joo (Writers' Program 1940:4); cf. Yoruba bo ... jum! drop ...
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  • bloodsucker
    [OED, animal which sucks blood] n. 1. a variety of mosquito. (Adelaide) 2. the bedbug. (San Sal.) 3. a witch
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  • blood berry
    [W3, DJE different sp.] n. a tree, Guapira obtusa, with juicy red berries: 1977 (Patterson 86). = BEEFWOOD (Andros, Exuma)
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  • blood
    [OED, a hot spark, a man of fire ... rake, roisterer obs. early 19th century] n. a daredevil: 1936 Dat
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