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  • expensive
    [cf. US colloq. $64 word idem] adj. (of words) rare, erudite. (Black)
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  • expecially
    [cf. US dial. ex cape escape] adv. especially: He expecially. . .was real bad (Andros). (Black)
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  • except
    [Gul. idem (Gonzales 1922:292); US dial. "archaic" ADD] conj. unless: It's difficult to get there except he has transportation (Nassau).
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  • exactly
    (MCC idem; cf. OED, completely obs. → 1726] adv. much (too + adj.): It is exactly too high. (Gen.)
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  • ever
    adv. 1. [Gul., US dial. South idem ADD; OED ever always: now arch. or merely literary ] always: He was
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  • eventime
    [cf. even; OED idem but archaic in US] n. evening: 1918 Here came a gentleman at even'- time. . ."Good
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  • evening
    [Car.; also dial. in Brit. Mid, East EDD, US ADD; cf. also Port. tarde idem] n. the period from noon
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  • even
    adv. (not) even (regularly occurring before negator or helping verb): 1974 She even een seventeen yet! (King 8). (Black)
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  • even
    [OED, obs. exc. poet, and dial, → 1843; US dial. idern ADD] n. evening: 1918 Dat even' when (dey). .come
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  • evaporated cream
    /(iy)vápareytad/ [from evaporated milk + CREAM condensed milk] n. unsweetened, condensed milk: 1978 (Higgs 35). You want I should give
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