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  • cow-fish
    [Car.; OED, a fish, Ostracion quadri­corne. . covered with plates of bone 1885→; DAE idem 1870→] n. a fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis
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  • cow bush, cow bean
    n. 1. a pod-bearing shrub, Leucaena glauca, used medicinally or for fodder: 1832 Cow bush* (*ed: it is not clear whether
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  • cowboy
    [etym. obscure; perhaps from media] n. a bath with a washcloth without a tub or shower: I goin' catch a cowboy (Nassau).
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  • coward
    [Vir. idem (Higlifield)] adj. cowardly: 1966 He get coward (Crowley 55). (Black)
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  • cover
    [from cover by passivization] v. to be covered: (of crabs prepared for cooking) They Just drop in the pot and cover up (Cat).
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  • cousins
    (Black); cussin's (Andros); cuz (Mayag., Inagua) [etym?] n. tightly curled hair on the nape of the neck or the sides of
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  • courtening
    /kóhtnin/ [Car.; verb stem based on Eng. present participle, courting] v. courting: 1918 Those boys did want to courtney [sic]
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  • courage conch
    [cf. COURAGE; it is a Bahamian folk belief that eating conch increases sexual potency and desire] n. a variety of conch
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  • courage bush
    [cf. COURAGE, from use to aid sexual potency] n. a plant, Cenchrus hirsutus, re­lated to BUR GRASS, used medicinally: 1889
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  • courage
    [OED idem obs. → 1615] n. sexual vigor: 1976 (McCartney 82). = NATURE cf. CUT HIS COURAGE
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