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  • fight yourself up (doing something)
    [Car.] v, phr. to struggle (to do something). (Black)
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  • fight somebody to do something
    [Car.] v. phr. to have great difficulty getting someone to do some­thing. (Gen.)
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  • fighter
    [from its aggressive behavior towards other birds] n. the kingbird: 1880 Pitangus bahamensis . . .fighter (Cory 102). 1972 Grey
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  • field bed
    [OED, a portable or folding bed chiefly for use in the field] n. a temporary, makeshift bed, as for guests.
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  • fever grass
    [Car.; from its use as a remedy for fevers] n. lemon grass, Andropogon nardus: Tha's the fever grass; you make tea
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  • fever bush
    [W Car.; cf. BUSH 5 any plant] n. any plant used as a remedy for fever: 1888 The yellow flowers of the fever-plant,
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  • fever
    [OED, a morbid condition of the system, characterized by undue elevation of the temper­ature] n. a cold; any ailment: 1888 "I'se
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  • fetch in, fetch up
    [cf. OED fetch up to come to (a place) nautical, obs? → 1632; Scots fetch idem CSDI v. 1. to come ashore:
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  • fetch
     [cf. OED fetch up to come to a stand; US dial. South idem (Brown 1976)] v. 1. to cut the engine (of
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  • fester
    [OED, to gather pus (of a sore); US dial. Mid fester pus ADD] n. pus: Put cotton in your ear
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