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  • dry gas
      [cf. OED gas vapour generated in the stomach or intestines] n. flatulence. (Eleu., Mayag.)    
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  • dry-eye
    [Atlantic; cf. OED dry-eyed tearless; cf. Haitian je chèch brazen (e.g. a liar) (Gaujean p.c.)] phr. withholding any emotional response;
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  • dry down
    [cf. cook down] phr. [of liquid in cook­ing] to evaporate; to become dry: 1980 The fire is turned low after
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  • dry balls
    [cf. OEDS II balls the testicles vulg.] n. 1. an aching of the testicles caused by sexual frustration. (Eleu.) 2. an itching
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  • dry; dry up
    [cf. OED dry barren, sterile, unfruitful obs. → 1680, probably influenced semantically by an African partial equivalent, e,g. Lamso yumeer
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  • drunky
    [Belize idem (Dayley)] adj. like a drunk. (Nassau, Abaco)
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  • drunker
    [cf. Krio dronko-man, Sra. drongo-man idem (Hancock p.c.); OED idem obs.→1608] n. drunkard. (San Sal., Mayag.)
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  • drunk, drunken
    [cf. DJE drunk v. idem; OED drunken v.i., to drink to excess obs.→ 1697] v.t. (of intoxicants) to make drunk:
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  • drummer roach
    [cf. DJE drummer idem; OED drummer the large West Indian cockroach (Blat-ta gigantea) which makes a noise at night by
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  • drummer
    [derivation from drum unclear, but cf. Krio droma (archaic) a drum, as a musical instrument KED] n. a storage drum,
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