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  • worm-da-fuse
    [from vermifuge] n. a plant (sp?) used medicinally for worms. (Exuma, Grand Bah.)
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  • worm
    See WORRUM
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  • work your head
    [cf. OED work to exercise (a faculty)] phr. to use one's intelligence: 1936 Nassau peepul cud wurk dey head (Dupuch
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  • work witch
    See WITCH
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  • work out
    [Gul. idem (Parsons 1923:40); cf. OED out away from a recognized place] phr. to work (as a maid) in someone else's
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  • work field
    (Gen.); work the field (Andros) [cf. OED work till, cultivate (land)] v. phr. to do farm work; to be a small
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  • work
    [DJE idem; OED, to practice (an occupation) arch., to do (something harmful) obs. →1613] v. to practice (witchcraft): 1918 De ol' woman
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  • woody pecker, woody woodpecker
    [cf. Woody Woodpecker, a cartoon character] n. woodpecker. cf. WOODPACKER (Eleu., White)
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  • wood skin
    [Pan Creole; cf. Djuka udu-bubu (lit. wood skin) bark (Alleyne 114); cf. LA Fr. lapo bwa (lit, skin-wood) bark (Taylor
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  • woods
    [from the mass noun] count n., pl. pieces of wood; boards: If a hurricane is coining, cover all the glass windows with
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