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  • flamingo bill
    [from the shape of the flower?] n. a tree: 1920 Agati grandiflora (Britton 183). 1956 Sesbania grandiflora (Higgs 34). (Exuma,
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  • flame fish
    [from its color] n. a red fish, Apogon maculatus: 1968 (Böhlke 327). (San Sal.)
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  • fix
    v. [Car.; also US Black (Parsons 1917a:180); cf. DAE to put (one) in an awkward position; to get even with] 1.
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  • fix
    adj. [cf. DAE fix up to supply the wants (of a person), fixed established financially] well off; in easy financial circumstances:
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  • five rock, six rock
    rock [cf. Sra. féfiston game with pebbles WST; cf. Scots fivey game played with five small stones CSD] n. variations in
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  • five-pound word
    [cf. DJE forty-shilling word; from the fine one might receive for saying it] n. an obscene word. (Nassau, Exuma)
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  • five-finger
    [Atlantic; KED, DJE, OED, W3 differ­ent sp.; from the shape of its leaflets] n. a shrub, Tabebuia bahemensis, with five leaflets,
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  • five!
    /fayv, fay; occasionally fayl (Eleu.)/ [Car.; cf. DAS take five call for a five-minute break] intj. call for a rest in a game:
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  • fit up
    [W Car.; OED, to supply with necessary fittings, fumiture, or stores]v. to build up the sides of a boat to make
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  • fit out
    [OED, to supply with what is necessary, obs, except nautical] v. to dress elegantly: 1918 De girl come nearer to him.
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