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  • cuckoo (bird)
    [cf. Gul. coo-coo owl (Writers' Program 1940:40); OED, W3 cuckoo different sp.; cf. Car. Sp. cucú, Fr. coucou same sp. (Bond 1960:121)]
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  • Cuckero, cockero
     [cf. COCKER-ROACH] n. 1.a folk-tale character who is a cockroach: 1918 B'o' Cocker° (Parsons 90).
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  • cubie
    /kyúwbiy/ [from cube + -y/-ie diminutive suffix) n. a folded paper kite: Little children like to make cubie kites (Nassau).
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  • Cubian, Coobian
    /k(y)tiwbiyan/ [also MCC; cf. US dial. South Texian Texan WEA] n., adj. Cuban: 1888 Coobians (Fowles 282). (Eleu., Exuma)
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  • cubbyu
    /kóbyui/, cobia /kówbiya/ (White); cabbia /kábiya/ (Eleu) [cf. Bermuda, Jam. cubbyu DJE "a form of the word (OED) cabilliau, cabeliau codfish; or a
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  • Cuba
    [from place of origin] n. a variety of pine­apple: 1880 [Of pineapples] the Cuba, which is of larger size, firmer texture, and
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  • cub
    n. (corn)cob. (Andros, Eleu.)
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  • cub
    See CORB
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  • cry-well
    [cf. WELL very much] n. a nickname for a person who is easily brought to tears. cf. CRIARD (Exuma)
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  • crying
    [OED cry call out; shout; utter inarticulate exclamations] n. jumping up and shouting with religious fervor (in fundamentalist churches). cf. GET THE
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