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  • cool (it) out
    v. phr. 1. [Car., US Black] to relax in the shade and cool off: On the beach you meet him and
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  • cool off
    [OED, to diminish intensity of emotion] v. phr. to calm a person down: You try to cool off those two girls
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  • cooling board
    [cf. US Black "The corpse.. is placed on a coolin' board (two planks supported by a 'horse' at either end, and
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  • cool hutch
    [OED hutch hut, cabin; cool from camping out during particularly hot weather] n. a crude hut made when camping out. (Nassau, San
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  • cool drink
    [Car.; SA idem, cf. Afrikaans koeldrank idem] n. a beverage to cool the drinker; now usually cooled: They say they
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  • cook kitchen, cooking kitchen
    [cf. W Car. cookroom idem] n. cooking area, either a room or a separate shed. cf. FIRE KITCHEN (Mayag., Andros)
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  • cooker
    [OED, a stove] n. a stove made from a steel drum: 1977 Homemade stoves... were called cookers. They were 55-gallon drums with the
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  • cooda
    /kúwda/ [W Car.; cf. Krio kuta idem KED] n. the barracuda, a large fish (Sphyraena barra­cuda). = BARRACUTA, BARRY, HANGY (Andros,
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  • Coobians
    See CUBIANS.
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  • coob
    /kub/ [Car.; also dial. in Brit. EDD, US South ADD] n. 1. a chicken coop. (San Sal) 2. the local jail.
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