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  • wiggle
    [OED, to waggle] v. (of dogs) to wag (the tail): I think when they wiggle they tail they 's be happy (Nassau). (Black)  
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  • wife
    /wayf (Gen.); weyf (Cat)/ [cf. Sra. wefi, Krio wef (Alleyne 40), Cam. wεf CCD, all 'wife': Car. an overseer's mistress DJE;
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  • widge
    [from wags /wagz > wadz > wadzh > widzh/; cf. SUDGE Suds] v. to wag: The whale. ..widge his tail
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  • wicky
    adj. [cf. Gul. wickitty wicked (Gonzales 1924:116); from wicked] wicked: 1966 (Crow­ley 29). (Andros) —n. the buttocks (vulgar). (San Sal.)
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  • who want buy?
    [MCC idem; also Gul. (Parsons 1 923 : 69); cf. lbo onye chue go azu (lit, who want buy fish) fish for sale!
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  • whore's nest
    [cf. OED horse-nest mare's nest obs.→1639] n. something very untidy. cf. HOG-NEST, HURRAH NEST (White)
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  • whop-up
     [cf. whopped beaten (until useless) + UP intensifier] adj. I. (of a machine or instrument) non-functional, inoperative. (Black) 2. ungainly: She think
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  • whop
    [Atlantic; OED colloq. or vulgar] v. to strike or beat, with or without an instrument. (Black)
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  • whole step of the way
    [cf. OED step a short jour­ney obs.→1733] n. phr. the whole way. (Gen.)
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  • wholesale
    [OED, profusely, indiscriminately] adv. with everything on: They sold the car wholesale [i.e. without removing the accessories] (Nassau). She jump in the
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