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  • church
    v. 1. [OED to be churched to be taken to church to receive rites ... esp. of a newly-wedded pair
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  • chucking in the bag
    [OED chuck toss, jerk] phr. a sack race. (Nassau)
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  • chuck
    See CHOCK.
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  • Christmas tree
    [OED, usually a fir] n. 1. a tree (sp?) resembling the pine but with yellow and white flowers. (San Sal.,
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  • Christmas rose
    [DJE same sp?] n. a tall plant (sp?) resembling the pineapple with a long stalk bearing strongly scented pink, white, or
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  • Christmas okra
    [DJE idem "short and thick"] n. a variety of okra up to ten inches in length which is harvested at
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  • Christmas flower
    [OED different sp.] n. 1. a plant, Ipomoea sidifolia: 1889 (Gardner 393). 2. a plant, Turubina corymbosa: 1920 (Britton 354). 3.
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  • Christmas daisy
    [OED different sp.] n. a plant, Montanoa hibiscifolia: 1972 (Durrell 79). (Andros, Mayag.)
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  • Christmas candlesticks
    [W Car. different sp.] n. a plant, Leonotis nepetifolia, with reddish flowers on a tall stem: 1971(Rabley 43). (Eleu., Inagua)
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  • Christmas bush
    [W3, DJE different sp.] n. a shrub, Cassia bicapsularis, with pinkish flowers and long brown pods: 1920 (Britton 116). (Gen.
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