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  • bully
    [DJE idem squirrelfish; OED dial, name for some kind of fish] n. live TURBOT used as bait in deep-sea fishing.
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  • bull vine
    n. a plant, Cissus microcarpa or C. intermedia: 1905 (Shattuck 259). cf. BILL VINE (Black) 
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  • bull-skate
    [cf. US Black bullskating to brag (Major); cf. OEDS II bullshit to bluff, and skite North. dial. cognate of shit
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  • bull shark
    n. a shark, Carcharhinus leucas: 1968 (Böke 18). (Gen.)
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  • bull dog
    [cf. BOAR , by hypercorrection] n. a male dog: 1950 In common parlance a jibdog is the female of the
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  • bull cat
    See BOAR CAT.
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  • bul, bulla, buller
    /ból(a)/ [OED bully dial. brother, companion] n. term of address to an older brother or a respected male peer: 1918
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  • build up for broke down
    phr. to expect too much, thus ensuring disappointment: When you 'spect too much from you chirren, all you doing is
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  • build up
     /bil op/ [W Car.] v.phr. (of weather) to prepare to storm: 1969 One squall buillin' up (Dupuch 11). (Gen.)
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  • build
    /bil/ v. 1. [W Car.; by passivization] to be built: Dat church buil' in 1936 (Nassau). (Black) 2. [Jam. idem
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