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  • underhand work
     [ cf. OED underhand in a secret or stealthy manner] n. magic, OBEAH: Money bat is the obeah bat that
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  • under
    under [OED, subordinated to] prep. (of siblings) younger than: They have another girl under him (White). Cf. BEHIND, FOLLOW (Gen.)
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  • um
     /am/ [Atlantic; cf. HIM and colloq. 'irri him, 'em them] obj. pron. (third person) him, her, it; them: 1918 You
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  • uh-huh
    /a ha/ [Car.; "The African origin (of uh-huh yes, and uh-uh no) is confirmed by their much wider use in
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  • uncle
    /ongka/ [OED idem "local and US"; DAE uncle, unkey applied to Negroes, esp. an elderly slave or servant] n. 1.
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  • unbedient
     [from un- + -bedient (from obedient by aphesis); cf. US dial. unhonest dishonest ADD] adj. disobedient: 1918 One was unbedient
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  • un
    /on/ [cf. AIN'T2, IS2 2. idem] question marker: Un da's true? (Nassau). Un you could go? (Nassau). (Black)
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  • uh-uh
     /á-a/ [Car.; cf. UH-HUH for discussion, also Haitian (Gaujean) Nupe ãã DNL, Hottentot ε-ε (Valkhoff 1972: 2Q), both 'no'] intj. no:
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  • uh-huh
    This was done a second time because of the difficulty we encountered the first time.  As a result, the word 'use'
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