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  • couple
    [OED, two] n. a few: 1977 A couple. . . five, six, eight or more (Albury 158). A couple can
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  • country sago
    See COONTIE SAGO
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  • country people
    cf. countryman] n. people from the same vicinity: 1936 I dunno whut I gon do wid my country people (Dupuch 39). (Eleu.,
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  • country marks
    [DAE, DJE, RED idem] n. Obs. tribal cicatrizing on the face: 1785.4 Negro man... has country marks on each side of
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  • country-born
    [cf. OED idem obs. 1576 "Rather like Forrainers...then Country-borne people"; DAE idern obs. →1797] adj. native (formerly of slaves born in the
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  • country almond
    [cf. OED country of (one's own) country, obs. exc. dial.→ 1703] n. the native al­mond, Terminalia catappa: 1889 (Gardner 380). =
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  • Counter Bottom, Counter Butter
    [cf. BOTTOM 2] n. an area in Bain Town (Nassau): 1976 Grant's Town, Bain Town, and Counta Butta (all African settlements on
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  • count
    [W Car.; Gut idem (Gonzales 1924:60); cf. OED count to esteem, value obs.] v.t. to esteem; to think (a lot) of: 1954
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  • could
    /kud/, coulda /kúda/ [Vir. idem (Highfield); from could and could've] auxiliary verbs 1. can (no tense agreement): 1940 Wait, hold dat....a minnit till
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  • cough bush
    n. 1. a plant, Pluchea odorata, used to make an infusion for coughs: 1910 (Northrop 189). = WILD TOBACCO 1, SOUR BUSH
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