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  • fin
    n. [0ED, something resembling a fish's fin; 1811 DVT an arm nautical] n. leg, especially of an insect, reptile, etc.:
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  • filthy days
    [cf. FILTHINESS] n. the first three days of menstruation: 1966 (Otterbein 57). cf. NASTY DAYS (Black)
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  • filthiness
    [cf. OED filthy parts private parts] n. menstruation: 1966 (Otterbein 57). (Black) 
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  • fillimingo wait-man
    [cf. FILLIMINGO and OED waiting man male attendant obs.→1776; cf. DJE snake waiting-boy a lizard supposed to ac­company snakes] n. a bird,
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  • fillimingo
    /fìlamíngga/ [by epenthesis] n. the fla­mingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, a tall pink bird: 1804 Philimingo Bay. . .a familiar way of pro­nouncing Flamingo Bay
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  • fillimadick
    /fílamadik/ [cf. PILLY-MA-DICK idem] n. the mosquito hawk, Chordeiles minor. cf. KILLER.KA-DICK, PITY-MA-DICK (Long)
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  • fillim
    /fílam/ [W Car.; US Black (Stanley 11); Brit. dial. Irel., Scots idem; also US dial. ADD] n. film; an exposure
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  • file
    [perhaps from the idea of putting away, as in a file] v. to eat enthusiastically (youth slang): They goin' file down
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  • fig tree, feeg tree
    [OED, a tree of the genus Ficus, especially Ficus caries; for /i, iy/ alternation, see BEEG] n. 1. a local tree of the
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  • fig tobacco
    [OED fig (of tobacco) a small piece] n. a type of tobacco in flakes, rather than leaves, which is cut
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