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  • Charles Town
    [after Charles II, King of England 1660-85] n. former name of Nassau: In 1664 . . . the Spaniards forthwith
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  • charcoal
    [OED, oxidized residue of burnt wood] adj. (of persons) having a grayish-brown com­plexion (used mainly by older people). cf. DUSTY (Ragged, Nassau)
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  • chap
    See CHOP.
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  • change on somebody
    [cf. OED change give in exchange obs, 1609 Bible "God changed unto him another hart"] v.phr. to deceive or confuse somebody by changing something. (Black)
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  • change
     [from small change] n. bus fare: [a jitney driver] I want change from all those that just got on (Nassau). (Nassau, San Sal.)
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  • chaney vine
    (Black); chaney briar (Exuma) /chéyni/ [cf. US dial. South chaney briar the China briar (Smilax sp.)WSC, and Jam. China withe /chèyni wis/ (Smilax havanensis); from
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  • chancilla
     /chánchila/ [from tarantula] n. 1. the large, hairy GROUND SPIDER, Theraphosidae sp. = GRAND SPIDER 2. an insect (sp?). (Inagua)
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  • chance: take chance for chance
    phr. (of two men) to share a mistress: I think he and he pa does take chance for chance with
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  • chance
    n. (in betting) the odds: 1954 I wouldn't give no chance (odds) on that (Crowley 221). (Black)
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  • chamber pot
    n. a large pot used for cooking. (Black)
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