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  • doll-baby
    [Atlantic; US dial. South idem ADD; n. a doll: I still keep an old doll-baby on my bed (COB). <Gen.>
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  • dollar
    [cf. Brit. dial. North, Mid dollar a five-shilling piece EDD] n. a four-shilling banknote: 1788 A Spanish dollar is worth.
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  • dogwood
    [W Car,; OED, W3 different sp.] n. a tree, Piscidia piscipula, with pinkish-white flowers and brown pods: 1977 (Patterson 105).
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  • dog up under someone
    [cf. doggy after, and the ingratiating tactics of a dog; also US dog up to roll a marble to a
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  • dog-teeth snapper
    [cf. DJE idem "from its having teeth like those of dogs (Messoprion cynodon, Lutjanus jocu)"; US dog-snapper same sp. (Allyn
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  • doggy after someone
    [cf. W3 dog v. follow indefatigably] v. phr. to follow someone about constantly: That child always doggyin' after his daddy
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  • doggy
    [cf. US Black puppy small penis (Folb)] n. penis (child's word; considered naughty): All them girls get crabby but they
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  • dog-drink-water
    [etym] n.  a plant, Tillandsia fasciculata: 1910 (Northrop 144). <Inagua, Mayag.>
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  • dog-bush
    n.  a plant, Baccharis angustifolia: 1889 (Gardner 387). <San Sal>
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  • dog-bed
    n. a child's security blanket, especially one that has become soiled or smells of urine. <Exuma>
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