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  • cut-thatch, cutting top-palm
    n. a tree (sp?) like the silver top palm, which has fronds flexible enough to plait. (Gen.)
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  • cut tail
    v. phr. 1. [cf. W3 cut out depart in haste; tail may refer to that of a dog in humiliated
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  • cut somebody
    v. phr. to withhold somebody's pay: His boss cut him (Nassau). (Gen.)
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  • cut road
    [cf. Cut a path; also Krio mek rod clear a path KED; cf. Ibo mepu uzo (lit, open way) idem
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  • cut-out
    [cf. CUT v. 5] n. accelerator: 1936 Dem plane take off dey muffler an' step on dey cut-out den. .
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  • cut-eye
    [Pan-Creole; cf. Haitian kout je idem HCEFD; calque on an African idiom, e.g. Banyan A kpot a mak ne me
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  • cute
    adj. (of girls) haughty: She playin' cute [i.e. she is putting on airs]. (Eleu.)
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  • cut down
    [Car.; OED, Pt. reduce (in price)] vt. to fall in price. (Black) -v.t. [cf. CUT v. 2] to clear off
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  • cut bush
    [cf. CUT v. 2, BUSH 2] v. phr. to clear off undergrowth before planting: 1966 They going to this coppice
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  • cut breast
    (Exuma); cut potatoes (Inagua) [cf. cutting teeth, and potatoes breasts] v. phr, to begin to develop breasts: She only nine
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