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  • Big-eye John
    [from its prominent eyes] n. the squirrelfish, Holocentrus sp. = POP-EYE JOHN, JACK BRUSH (Gen.)
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  • big-eye
    [Pan-Creole; cf. Haitian gwo je (lit. big eye) greedy HCEFD; US Black (Smiley 1919:358); calque e.g. Igbo aŋa uku (Turner
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  • big coppice land
    [from big referring to high growth + coppice grove, copse W3] n., Obs? land supporting taller trees, vs. scrubland: 1905
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  • big copper
    [DJE idem] n. an old English penny: 1888 (Powles 158). cf. SMALL COPPER (Gen.)
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  • big-big
    [Pan-Creole; cf. Haitian gra-gra (Sylvain 1936:46 and Port. Cr. of Senegal grãdi-grãdi (Ivens Ferraz 1979:58) and reduplicated African forms, e.g.
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  • big-belly
    [Car.; cf DHS big-bellied far gone in pregnancy 1711; cf. also BIG, BELLY] n. pregnancy. (Black) —adj. pregnant: That big-belly
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  • big ants
    [W Car.] n. a species of large, winged ant: Them big ants does bite hard, hear? (Nassau). (Gen)
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  • big
    [Pan-Creole; cf. LA Fr. gros (lit. big) idem (Taylor 1951b:43); cf. Scots big pregnant CSD; US dial. South big to
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  • biddy
    [Gul. idem ADD; cf. Gul. bidibidi a small bird; a small chicken, Kongo bidibidi a bird (Turner 1949:191)] n. 1.
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  • Bible
    [from swearing by the Bible; cf. DAS bible the truth; cf. Kriogospel the only truth KED, US colloq. the gospel
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