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  • wild oak
    n. a tree: 1910 Lasiocroton macrophyllus (Northrop 163). 1920 Lasiocroton bahamensis (Britton 227). 1977 Bucida buceras (Patterson 61). cf. LIGHTWOOD
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  • woman head: have woman head on her body
    phr. (of a woman) to have mature judgment: 1974 Her pa een no good and she ma een gat no
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  • wumpers, wampus, wampers
    /wómpaz/ [cf. Cay­man warn pers idem (Fuller 69)1 n. sing. or pl. a sandal made from the rubber of a car tire: 1942
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  • wrop
    OED, a dial, variant of wrap, formerly more current] v. to wrap: Take the big blanket and wrop him up (Acklins).
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  • wrong side
    [W Car.; cf. OED wrong side out idem] adj. phr. (of clothing) inside out: 1979 Put on the wrong side
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  • wrong
    See GIVE SOMEBODY ALL THE RIGHT/WRONG.
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  • write
    (Black) v. [cf. Trin, write fuh she idem (Winer); ] Also write the house (Eleu.) to write a letter asking for
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  • wriggle
     [OED, to writhe, squirm] v. (of dogs) to wag (the tail). cf. WIGGLE (Andros)
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  • wrastle, rassle
    /ras1/ v. 1. [also Scots (CSD), US dial. (ADD)] to wrestle, struggle: 1918 His head get jam in de shoal,
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  • wreck
    [probably from the association of goods from shipwrecks coming as gifts] n. the birth of a child: 1977 The birth
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