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  • different
    [Prov. idem (Washabaugh 1980:29); from difference, construed as a pl.] n. difference: 1966 The king don't know the different of
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  • did, di
    [Car.; from did as auxiliary verb converging with African anterior marker(s) of similar form, e.g. Yoruba ti (Rowlands 1969a:169) which,
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  • dicty
    [US dial. South idem "Proud, haughty. Urban Negroes apply this term to bright mulattoes who try to pass for white"
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  • dicky
    n. 1. [cf. DHS dick membrum virile + -y (diminutive suffix)] penis (word used by older children).   2. [etym] a variety
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  • Dickens potato
    [possibly related to digging; cf. WHAT THE DIGGIN'S] n. a reddish-orange variety of sweet potato.
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  • devil umbrella
    [cf. MCC devil cup idem; cf. LA Fr. paresol djab, Pap. parasol di diabo, CA Sp. paragüitas del diablo, all 'mushroom'
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  • devil('s) tail, devil('s) whip
    [cf. DJE devil('s) horse (or riding) whip, Achryanthes indica or A. aspera] n.a plant with long branches and barbed leaves,
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  • devil('s) pumpkin
    n. a kind of passion flower, Passiflora cupraea: 1920 (Britton 289). = WILD WATERMELON
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  • devil('s) potato (root)
    n. a vine, Echites umbellata or E. echites, with spongy tubers used for laundry starch: 1910 (Northrop 175). = DANISH, RUBBER
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  • devil('s) plum
    n. a plant, Solanum havanense, with berries said to be poisonous: (Shattuck 263). = OLD MAN'S PLUM
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