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  • Conch
    /kohngk/ [from conch, the large sea snail (Strombus sp.) eaten by Bahamians; cf. OED Conch "a local nickname for the lower
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  • concertine
    [from resemblance to a concertina] n. a style of plaiting STRAW1 into a spiral to decorate hats (Wyannie Malone Museum display). (Andros)
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  • concert
    ["In Cayman a concert is almost any kind of public entertainment and need not be musical" (Doran 1954:84)] n. a
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  • con
    [Gul. idem ADD; from cousin] n. cousin, as term of address or with the Christian name: 1970 (Wallace 46). Con
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  • company
    v. [W Car.; OED, to keep company with arch. →1814; Scots idem F,DD] to provide companionship. (Black) —n. social peer;
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  • commonage land, common edge land, communist land
    [cf. OED commonage land held in common] n. land without title held by a group: 1980 According to the Dev-Bank.
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  • commissioner
    [OED, the representative of the supreme authority in a district] n. the highest government official on outlying islands (a colonial
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  • commerce
    /kamóys/ [OED, the stress was originally on the second syllable] n. commerce. (Nassau)
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  • commandant
    [OED, commanding officer, esp. the military governor of a fortress, town, or district] n. (under British administration) the chief of
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  • coming moon
    n. phr. waxing moon. = YOUNG MOON cf. WASTE MOON (Adelaide)
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