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  • belly work
    [Atlantic; cf. Sra. wrokobere WST, Krio wok bεlε KED; by analogy with Brit. dial. North headwark 'headache' (Orton L46)] phr.,
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  • belly-woman
    [Car.; cf. BELLY 1] n. a pregnant woman. (Mayag.)
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  • belly-swell
    [Car.] n, a swelling of the belly from malnutrition: Them children over there with they belly swell look like all
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  • belly-ache plant
    [from its use as a remedy] n. a plant, Aloe vera: 1978 Aloe vera . . . brought to south
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  • belly
    [Pan-Creole; cf. Krio gεt bεlε', Peti-nègue gãyé labõt, Guine Port. Cr. teŋ bariigə, all lit. have belly, i.e. be pregnant
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  • Bellaby
    /bélabi/ [cf. 1811 DVT Barnaby an old dance to a quick movement, possibly converging with African words, e.g. Kongo (e)bwela
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  • belbo
    /bélbow/ [etym. unknown, but cf. Scots baubee halfpenny CSD] n. the old brass three-pence coin, especially when found and not
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  • being as
    /biyn as/ [Brit., US dial. idern EDD, ADD] conj. phr. because: I don't go there, being as it too expensive
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  • behind
    prep. 1. [also Jam. (U. May p.c.)] after, such as another word in a sentence: I don't understand the word
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  • beggar-man
    [OED, combination found in King Lear 1605] n. at a Baptist church CONCERT, a man appointed to cajole and collect
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