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  • turn
    v. 1. [Car.; OED idem obs.→1732; Brit. dial. North, Scots idem EDD but cf. also Port. Cr. bila to become,
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  • Turk's Island
    [cf. W3 turk's head, turk's cap a globular West Indian cactus with a cap of whitish hairs resembling a fez;
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  • turbot-skin
    n. the skin of the TURBOT, used for scouring: 1909 Turbot skin, when dried, became quite hard, and was much
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  • turbot
    [DJE, not northern sp] n. the triggerfish, of the Balistidae family. cf. NIGGERFISH 2 <Black>
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  • tune-tune
    [by reduplication of tune] n. the concertina: 1918 He forgot an' lef' his tune-tune [concertina] (Parsons 109). <San Sal., Mayag.>
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  • tumble-turds
    [DAE idem 1737→, OED 1754→, DJE 1756→] n. Obs. the dung beetle, Scarabeus carnifex: 1731 (Catesby II 111).
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  • tulip
    [OED different sp.] n. a woody plant, Catharanthus roseus, with white or pink flowers: 1920 (Britton 336). = OLD MAID,
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  • tuffy
    [cf. OED toffee, toffy a sweetmeat made from sugar or treacle, butter, and flour boiled together (of uncertain origin; apparently
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  • trying to make it
      [cf. DAS make it to succeed] phr. all right (in response to "How are you?"): 1977 (Albury 157). <Gen.>
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  • truth
    [W Car.; from predicate n., reanalyzed as adj.] adj. true: 1966 Oh, John, is that truth? (Crowley 108). <Inagua, Mayag.>
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