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  • Christ
    See JESUS CHRIST
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  • chow-chow
    /chawchaw/, cho-cho /chowchow/ [Atlantic; cf. DJE chocho "fr. Brazilian native name chuchu" but cf. Brazilian Port. chuchu plants cicurbitácea (termo africano) (Mendonça 1973:13);
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  • chop, chap
    /chap/ v.t. 1. [Car.; cf. OED chop to cut (with an ax etc.)] to assault a person with a machete, or anything sharp:
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  • choosy
    [W3, fastidiously selective] adv. carefully: 1954 He travel. He going choosy (Crowley 222). (Nassau, San Sal.)
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  • chocolate tea
    [cf. TEA any hot drink] n. hot cocoa: He like to drink chocolate tea in the morning (Nassau). (Black)
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  • chocolate-brown
    adj. of mulatto complexion: 1979 (LaRoda 15). (Black)
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  • chock, chack, chuck, jock
    [Car.; cf. OED chock as close or tight as can be; also Cr. Fr. zuk as far as (Hancock 1969:
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  • chiss
    (Black); chist (White) [cf. US dial. South chist ADD; OED chist obs. → 1601]  n. chest, trunk: 1832 Chist of
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  • chirone
    /chirówn/ [etym?] n. a pair of STRAW1 saddle bags: 1963 Across [the horse's] back I hung what on Crooked Island
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  • chip-chip
    (Black); chippie (Nassau) [cf. DJE chip-chip bird (onomatopoeic) American warblers] n. the yellow-throated warbler, Dendroica petechia, D. dominica: 1960 (Bond
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