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  • cross
    [OED, to thwart] v.t. to harm by casting spell: 1976 His wife threatens to "cross" the baby and so either
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  • crop-time
    [Car.] n. the season when crops are harvested. (Black)
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  • crop season
    [from planting of crops] n. the rainy season (September, October). (Black)
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  • crop-basket
    [Car.] n. an open oval basket for crops. (Black)
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  • crook
    (Inagua); crock (Exuma) [cf. Trin. crook wooden saddle (Winer); Brit. dial. West crook a support or frame of wood, bent
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  • Cronie Cadunta
    /krówni kadónta/ [etym?] n. a folk-tale character who is an evil giant that murders people. (Cat)
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  • Cromanty
    [Car.; DJE idem "from the name of a town and settlement area of the Gold Coast, variously spelt Coromanti, Kormantyn...a
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  • crocus bag, crocus sack
    [Car.; DJE "probably from its use to bag saffron ('crocus')"; US dial. South idem ADD] n. a burlap bag or
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  • crocus
    [unrelated to Brit., US sp. but with similar flower] n. a yellow or pink lily-like flower, Zephyranthes eggersiana: 1971 (Rabley
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  • crispy-wood
    n. Obs? a tree, Buxus bahamensis: 1905 (Shattuck 237). = PARROT WOOD
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