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  • waller
    /wála, vála/ v. I. [Car.; cf. OED wallow idem rare; Scots waller to roll on the ground CSD, also US
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  • walking sticks
     [OED, a stick carried in the hand when walking] n. pl. stilts. = JOHNNY WALKERS, STICKS (Nassau) 216
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  • walking: somebody walking
     [cf. OED walk to appear (of a ghost)] phr. There's a ghost about (said when something moves suddenly for no
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  • walk good
    [Atlantic; a calque on African idioms, e.g. Twi nante yiye or Tshiluba ends bimpe, both 'walk well' (Emanuel 1972:90); cf.
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  • walk sloppy
    phr. (of women) to swing the hips provocatively when walking. (Black)
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  • walk on your mouth
     See MOUTH.
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  • walk here
    [cf. Car. walk "used where Standard English would ordinarily use come or go" DIE; cf. also OED walk to go
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  • walk about
     /wohk bawl/ [MCC; cf. Krio meri-wakabot 'Mary walk about' a woman fond of not staying at home KED; cf. n.
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  • walk
    v.i. 1. [Atlantic;OED tojourney obs.→ 1513] to travel (on foot or by vehicle): 1940 "How'll you get back?" "Walk." "Walk?
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  • wait on
    [Car.; OED, obs. →1694, also US dial. ADD] v. to wait for: Erry time Rob drop me to them, he's
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