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  • cursing
    /kóysin/ [W Car.] n. a quarrel; an insulting-match. cf. CUSS-CUSS (Black)
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  • curry-favor (for) somebody
    [cf, OED curry- favourer flatterer obs. → 1563] v. phr. 1. to give somebody an unfair advantage at work because of
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  • curry
    (Black); quarry (soil) (White) [OED quarry where stone is quarried; DAE quarry the stone that is quarried (individualism?)] n. crushed limestone,
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  • current
    [W Car.] adj. (of water) having a strong current. (Black)
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  • currency
    [cf. Bajan currency shilling (Collymore); OED currency the local shillings and pence, of less value than sterling money, formerly used in various British colonies
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  • currant tree
    [OED, W3, DJE different sp.] n. a shrub, Beurreria tomentosa: 1888 Currant tree ...harmless and mucilaginous and of little value as
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  • curly-tail
    (Gen.); curl-tail (Andros, Berry); curry-tail (Exuma) n. a lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus: 1979 (Atrill 5). = CARL
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  • cure-for-all
    [DJE Mem, P. odorata; cf. OED cureall different sp.] n. a plant, Pluchea foetida, with flowers varying from cream to purple: 1971
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  • curb
    /koyb/ (Eleu., White); curbs (Exuma); scurbs (San Sal., Inagua); scrubs (Mayag.); curve (Nassau) [etym. uncertain, but cf. scurf anything like scales adhering
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  • cupshell
    n. bits of broken china used by children as play money: 1940 Abolish money and get along on a cup-shell (Dupuch 22).
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