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  • cry
    [Car.; cf. OED, of things inanimate: to emit a wheezing or creaking sound obs. →.1781] v. (of new leather) to squeak:
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  • crutchet
    [cf. Atlantic /kochi/ to curtsey (Hancock 1969:37, KED); from curtsey] n. curtsey or bow: White Bird dancin' an' makin' he crutchet (Exuma).
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  • crumbles
    See SCRUMBS.
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  • crow('s) broom
    n. a brush made of branches. (Andros)
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  • crow
    [from color] n. the turkey vulture, Cathartes aura: 1880 Turkey buzzard...local name: Crow (Cory 134). = CARRION CROW, CRANE CROW, JOHN
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  • crotch
    (Andros, Exuma); crutch (Inagua) [cf. US crotch DAE, Brit. crutch OED, both pole or prop with a forked top; the fork of
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  • cross-step
    n. a fall in wrestling executed by putting the leg at an angle behind the opponent's legs and throwing his
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  • cross-road dirt
    [cf. Reunion Cr. Fr. "Souvent le matin on remarque á un carrefour [krawzel lee restes dun sacrifice nocturne" (Chaudenson 1974:146)
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  • cross-cut
    [W Car., also US Black (Loman 1967:56)] v. phr. to interrupt (a person speaking). (Black)
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  • cross and cross: to go cross and cross
    [from across or cross v.] v. phr. (of a car) to weave from one side of the road to the
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