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  • who and you?
    interg. phr. who else besides you? "Who and you sleep home now?" "Them children come when they feel like" (Acklins).
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  • who-all
    [US dial. South, Mid idem ADD; also SA "translation of Afrikaans wie-almal, lit. 'who-everyone'"; cf. YOU-ALL, US-ALL] interg. who? Who-all
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  • who
    [Trin. idem (Winer); cf. Brit., US colloq. "Michael who?"] interg. used to ask the surname: "Da's Michael." "Who Michael?" "Michael Smith" (Exuma).
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  • whitey
    [US Black idem (Major); cf. OED whity a white man, one quot. 1828] n. 1. a white person (not necessarily derogatory), or anything
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  • white water
    [cf. Cayman "Where the white water begins refers to the reef" (Kohlman 1969:26); cf. OED 1803 Bah. quot. idem, others 'water with
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  • white town
    [cf. TOWN] n. an area where white people live. (Eleu.)
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  • white torch
    n. a tree, Amyris elemifera, with white flowers and black berries: 1977 (Patterson 99).Cf. BLACK TORCH, SWEET TORCH (Gen.)
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  • white stopper
    [cf. STOPPER] n. a tree, Eugenia axillaris: 1977 (Patterson 81). = ROD WOOD (Gets.)
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  • white stopper
    [cf. STOPPER] n. a tree, Eugenia axillaris: 1977 (Patterson 81). = ROD WOOD (Gets.)
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  • white-stick (cassava)
    [Car.; from its light color; cf. STICK 2] n. a plant, sweet cassava (Manihot sp.) or its edible tuber. = WHITE-SKIN CASSAVA
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