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  • bird prickle
    See BIRD GRASS.
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  • bird pepper, bud peppa
    /bod pepa/ [Car.; DJE "favoured by birds" 1696 —)-; OED 1786 →; DAE 1785 --)-; cf. Reunion Cr. Fr. pima
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  • bird grass
    (Andros, Grand Bah.); bird prickle (Andros) [US different sp. W3; probably from bur + hypercorrection, but cf. quot.] n. 1.a
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  • bird-eye napkins
    [cf. US bird's eye marked with spots resembling birds' eyes: "bird's eye diaper" W3] n. diapers (made from flour bags).
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  • bine-a-bush
    [cf. OED bine flexible stem of a climbing plant] n. a plant, (Cassia biflora?) with reddish leaves. = MOSQUITO BUSH.
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  • bin
    See BEEN.
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  • Bimini
    [probably from Lucayan] n. the Bahamian islands closest to Florida: 1511 map: Isla de beimeni (Curry 1928:20, 28). 1523 Bimene
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  • Billy Bowleg
    a typical Seminole personal name (Neill 1976:112)] n. a Seminole Indian: 1966 (Crowley 18). (Andros)
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  • bill vine
    n. a vine, Cissus intermedia. cf. BULL VINE (Nassau)
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  • bill fish
    n. 1. a fish, Belone truncata: 1782 The sea hereabouts (Bahamas etc.) abounds with fish unknown to us in Europe
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