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  • ten to two
    [from the upward position of the arms, likened to the hands of a clock] phr. apparently dead; half dead: HE
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  • ten, ten, the Bible ten!
    [cf. DJE cut ten in the sence of Roman numeral X: to make the sign of the cross (as a
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  • tenny
    [from tennis construed as pl.; cf. US dial. tennies pl. (Cassidy p.c.)] n. a tennis shoe.
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  • tennis
    [cf. US dial. tennises ADD] n. sing. or pl. a pair of tennis shoes; sneakers: I wear out a tennis
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  • tender rebel
    See THUNDER REBEL
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  • tender
    [OED, one who attends to (a machine or business)] n. a person who attends to the boat while another dives.
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  • temple flower
    or tree [etym?] n. a tree, Plumeria sp. with white, pink, or yellow flowers: 1956 (Higgs 29).
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  • temple
    [etym?] n. a variety of algae. cf. TOBY <Exuma>
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  • tell-tale
    <Berry>; tell-tell <Eleu.> [from its warning cry to other birds at the approach of hunters] n. 1. a bird, the common
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  • tell-bill-willy
    <Eleu., Exuma>; tell-bull-billy <White> [from its cry; cf. TELL-TALE] n. 1. a bird, the common stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 1972 (Patterson
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