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  • child
    /chayl/ n. 1. [Trin. idem "never used among males" (Ottley 11); Guy. idem "irrespective of sex or age" (Yansen 35); cf.
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  • chiefer
    [from CHEAPER] adv. rather: I tell him say I chiefer stay out here. (Cat)
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  • chick-of-the-village
    n. a bird, the thick-billed vireo (Vireo crassirostris): 1960 (Bond 182). (Andros)
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  • chickereely
    /chikaríyli/ (Exuma, Nassau); chick­toree /chiktoríy/ (Berry) [cf. Vir. chicheri, Car. Sp. pitirre DM] n. the grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis. = PICKCHEELY, FIGHTER,
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  • chicken-toe potato
    n. a red variety of sweet potato. (Andros)
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  • chicken toe
    [W3 different sp.; from appearance of five leaflets] n. a tree, Tabebuia bahamensis: 1977 (Patterson 91).= BEEF BUSH, OLD WOMAN,
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  • chicken peas
    [OED, W3 chick peas different sp.; see quot.] n. a plant, Aeshynomene grandifolia: 1788 Chicekn peas, a tree of very
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  • chicken gizzard
    [from the appearance of the bi-lobbed leaf] n. a plant (sp?) whose leaves are boiled into an infusion for diarrhea.
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  • chicken fight
    n. cock fight: Hitians have chicken fight back of the bush (Nassau).
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  • chick-chick
    [Car.; from the reduplication of chick] n. a baby chick. (Black)
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