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  • down so
    [cf. Sra. djaso here on the spot WST] adv. phr. there (with a gesture): That man down so, he real mean
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  • downfall
    [OED, ruin] n. an unmarried girl's first pregnancy: 1929 My mudder. .got her downfall in her mudder's house. She had
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  • down
    [E Car., Gul. down away from the source point of the prevailing wind (Roy 1977:69); US to the south, but US dial.
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  • douse
    [Brit, slang idem (Hancock p.c.); W3, to extinguish (a candle)] v. to put out (an electric light). (Andros, White)
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  • dough-boys
    /dówbohyz/, dobies /dówbiz/, doughs /dowz/ [cf. Krio dombay (Mende domba,dombei ditto, Vai dumbai cassava balls), ...a dish of boiled mashed cassava
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  • double tap, double wracking
    [cf. OEDS II double time double the time specified or previously used (jazz)] n. a (drum) rhythm with two beats
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  • double luck
    n. term of praise for a man who fathers a child every year: 1966 (Otterbein 57). (Eleu., Mayag.)
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  • double family
    [cf. FAMILY relative and Scots double-sib related both by father and mother CSD] n. kinsmen tracing their genealogical con­nection through two routes: 1966
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  • double clutch
    v. phr. 1. [cf. clutch mechanism for shifting gears in driving a car; DAS "double­clutcher a (truck) driver skilled enough to
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  • double bank
    [Car.; cf. nautical double bank to row two men on a thwart of a boat; to double-bank a watch is to
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