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  • father-in-law
    [Car.; Brit. dial. Mid idem EDD] n. stepfather. (Nassau)
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  • father-giver
     [Bajan idem (Collymore); cf lbo inna nayen (lit, father giver) idem (Okolo p.c.)] n. the man who gives away the
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  • father
    n. [W Car.; Krio idem KED; from the term of address; cf. similar use of Sp., Port. padre] a Catholic
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  • Father!
    intj. [ cf. Krio fada idem KED; also Gul. (Turner 1949:267), Jam. (S. Wilmot p.c.); OED, applied to God; cf.
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  • fast
    /fas/ conj, as fast as: Fast I grow them, somebody come rob me out of two or three (Cat). (Black)
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  • fast
    /fas/ adj. [Car.; cf. DHS fast impudent; cf. also Scots fast intimate, forward CSD] presumptuous, meddlesome, quick to intrude: She
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  • farrer
    /fára/; furrer /fóra/ n. [cf. Gul. farruh father (Gonzales 1922:300); from father by intervocalic /dh/ to /d/ to /r/ (cf.
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  • farrer
    /fára/ adv. [cf. Scots farrer farther CSD; US dial. South idem ADD] farther. cf. FURRER (Black)
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  • farm
    [Krio idem KED; OED, a tract of land for cultivation] n. a vegetable garden: I have the farm right in
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  • far as
    [probably from FAST conj.] conj. as soon as: 1966 Far as Booky head been down, he been snoring (Crowley 59).
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