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  • Cooking
    Traditionally, Bahamian methods of cooking were determined not only by the raw material available (see FISHING, CONCH, AGRICULTURE), but also
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  • Conch
    Conchs are very abundant in the warm seas around the Bahamas. They are gastropods with foot-long shells resembling those of
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  • Buildings
    Traditionally most DWELVING HOUSES in the Bahamas have been modest. Only wealthy people can afford an UPSTAIRS HOUSE with GABLE-ENDS
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  • Cooking
    Traditionally, Bahamian methods of cooking were determined not only by the raw material available (see FISHING, CONCH, AGRICULTURE), but also by the
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  • Conch
    Conchs are very abundant in the warm seas around the Bahamas. They are gastropods with foot-long shells resembling those of snails, and they
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  • Conky Joe, Conchy Joe
    [cf. CONCH 2, CONKY 1 + Joe anyone (e.g. G.I. Joe, Joe Blow, etc.)] n. a Bahamian white or near-white
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  • cut your grass
    [Trin. idera (Winer)] v. phr. to usurp someone else's prerogative: He goin' out with Jake girl-cuttin' his grass. (Eleu., Exuma)
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  • cut your ass (or behind, hip, skin, tail)
    [cf. CUT v.], to strike; each object can refer to the body in general] v. phr. 1. to beat, assault:
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  • cut up with somebody
    [W3 cut up show off, clown; but note quot. "She cut up with other men and after about a year
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  • cut-up
    n. a salad, usually eaten as a between-meal snack: 1977 (Albury 157). (Andros, White)
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