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  • cassava bark
    [cf. BARK] n. the hard skin of the cassava root. (Black)            •
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  • cassada
    /kasáda; varies with kasáva, kasáwa/ [W Car.; cf. OED cassava from Sp. casabe from Taino casávi, with cassada as variant] n.
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  • cashia
    [cf. Vir. casha thorn tree of the accacia family (Roy 1974) but it is unclear whether Bah. cashia is related to the
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  • case: get (or jump) on someone's case
    [US Black idem, to verbally harass or chastise (Claerbaut 1972); the allusion seems to be to a police detective's or welfare worker's
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  • cascate
    /kaskéyt/ [cf. OED cascade to vomit, vulgar ?obs.; also dial. in Brit. EDD, US ADD] v. to vomit: 1963 "Dis mawnin', Doctuh, I
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  • carry
    /kyári, k(y)éri/ v. 1. [Atlantic; OED to conduct, escort, lead arch.; Brit. dial. North, Irel. EDD; US dial. South idem DAB] to accompany;
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  • carrion crow, carryin' crow, carrin' crow
    [carrin' crow, influenced by care carry; cf. US dial. South kyar'n crow idem ADD; W3 carrion crow different sp.] n.
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  • carl
    [cf. CURL(Y)-TAIL LIZARD] n. a lizard, Leiocephalus sp. (Abaco)
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  • car-garage
    n. automobile repair shop: The car-garage on Mackey Street is fixing his car muffler (Nassau). (Black)
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  • careful
    [OED, full of care arch. → 1814; Scots idem CSD] adj. care-ridden; anxious; wary: She so careful with all them little
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