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  • devil shoestring
    ; devil('s) vine [cf. US Black devil's shoestring idem (Dillard 1977:116)] n. a plant, Tephrosia virginiana, with a strong,
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  • devil dance
    [W Car.; cf. US Black devil dancing dancing as an expression of animal spirits vs. holy dancing WSC; probably an
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  • dem
    See THEM, -THEM.
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  • deer grouper
    n. a fish, a variety of whitish GROUPER found out on banks.
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  • deep sounding
    [cf. W3 sounding measurement of depth, as by line and plummet] n. the water beyond the drop-off dividing shallow from deep
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  • deep-hole grass
    n. a grass used medicinally: These grass grow in hole and we call it deep-hole grass. Give him two draught
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  • deep English
    [Car,;cf. DEEP 1] n. standard English: Some talk like deep English and some talks just similar to how I talk
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  • deep
    adj. 1. [Pan-Creole; cf. Krio dip "of language: supposedly pure, unadulterated, original" KED; Port. Cr. of Guine-Bissau "un creole dit
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  • decide your mind
    v. phr. to make a decision: So I decide my mind to sell them that (Andros).
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  • death messenger
    [from belief that it foretells death] n. a black bird. cf. DEAD-PEOPLE BIRD, DEATH BIRD, GRAVEYARD BIRD, SPIRIT BIRD.
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