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  • funky
    adj. 1. [US Black idem (J. Hassan p.c.); cf. OED funk a strong smell or stink obs. -4-1725; US dial, funky
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  • funk out
    [cf. US Black punk out to back out of a situation after promising one's participation or services (Roberts); cf. OED funk to try
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  • funk
    [US Black the "soul" quality in Black music (Major); probably a back-formation of FUNKY n. a style of music; a particular dance
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  • fun
    [US dial. idem ADD] v. to joke or tease: 1936 I taught d' boss man wuz jus' funnin' wid muh (Dupuch 49).
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  • full water
    [cf. FULL UP] v. phr. (of boats) to take on water for a voyage (old term): We cut wood and we full
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  • full (up)
     [Atlantic; cf. also Trin. Fr. Cr. plein idem (cf. Fr. 'full') (Thomas 48); cf. OED full to make full obs. → 1647;
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  • full-crop
    n. the peak of a vegetable's growing sea­son; harvest time. (Bleu.)
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  • full
    adj. 1. [Car.] (of fruit) fully grown but not yet beginning to ripen: 1976 [Sapodillas] were picked when full and "put up
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  • fugger
    /fóga/ [cf. Brit. dial. North fug sweat per­ceptibly odorous, esp. with reference to the feet; "toe jam" EDD; US dial. fogo,
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  • fufu
    See FOOFOO
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