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  • there
    n. [OED, in that place; cf. HERE this place] that place: She don’t like there (Exuma). Note the similar use
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  • there
    /de/ v. [hypercorrection of DE1] to be (located): 1918 Wherever it there, I will find it (Parsons 96).
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  • them there
    /dem de/ [Atlantic; also Brit., US dial., converging with African constructions with pluralizing ‘they’ before n. with postposed demonstratives, e.g.
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  • them (3)
    /dem/ pluralizer 1. [Pan-Creole; cf. –dem, an dem DJE; cf. marking plural with pronoun meaning ‘they’ after the noun in
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  • them (2)
    /dem/ demonstrative adj. pl. [Atlantic; also Gen. dial. In Brit. (EDD), US (ADD)] those: Dem tings ain’ no good (Nassau).
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  • them
    1 /dem/ pron. [Atlantic; Proto-Creole, a single form for subject, object, and possessive as in most West African languages] they,
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  • the
    /da/ definite article [Trin. idem (Ottley 11); OED idem “now more often omitted”] used before names of illnesses: 1888 I’se
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  • that time
    /dat taym/ [Trin. Idem (Winer)] phr. during that time; at that moment: 1936 “How y’ doin’?” He holler back say,
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  • that side
    See THIS SIDE, THAT SIDE
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  • thatch tree
    [DJE idem; cf. THATCH 2] n. a kind of palm tree (Inodes sp?): 1940 T’atch tree (Dupuch 71).<Black>
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