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  • corb
    /kohb/, cub /kob/ [cf. OED cob a fish obs. →1804, but probably from cub the young. . .of the whale or shark W3]
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  • copple
    [OED, a little summit or eminence, 1600 only; cf. also coppice thicket] n. Obs? a thicket: 1918 You see dat
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  • coppice Joewood
    [cf. JOEWOOD n. a shrub, Jac­quinia berterii, with orange berries: 1977 (Pat­terson 73). (Inagua)
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  • coppet
    /kóhpit/ [cf. OED coppice thicket, perhaps influenced by carpet] n. 1. a tall growth of trees: 1910 The coppet about here is largely
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  • copper-bread
      [cf. COPPER 2 + BREAD 3] n. female genitals: Look at that baby copper-bread—it so small (Nassau). (Nassau, Exuma)
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  • copper
    [DHS, a penny or a halfpenny] n. 1. an English penny: 1940 Y' cud buy breadfruit two fer copper (Dupuch
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  • coot
    /kuwt/ [W Car.; cf. US dial. South cooter turtle ADD, Gul. kuta from Bambara, Malinke kuta idem (Turner 1949:197); DJE
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  • coop
    /kup (not kuwp)/ (Black); cup /kop/ (Nassau, Long) [/kup/ is also found in the US where it is the preferred pronunciation in
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  • coony
    See CONEY.
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  • coontie sago, country sago
    /séyga/ [cf. DAE coontie idem from Seminole kunti idem] n. a cycad, Zamia integrifolia, from which edible starch is obtained: Das what dey
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