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  • grass baby
    [cf. DOLL-BABY doll] n. a doll made of an unprooted clump of grass, the roots of which form the hair.
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  • grapple
    [OED, grapnel obs. → 1807] n. a grapnel or small anchor with several claws: 1895 B'Spider pitch overboar' again; 'e
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  • graph hook
    [cf. GARF, GRAPH gaff or hooked pole] n. a hooked pole used in gathering sponges from the sea. (Black)
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  • graph
    See GARF.
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  • grape
    [MCC idem; fom the appearance of the fruit] n. the sea-grape tree, Coccoloba uvifera. = WILD GRAFE (Black)
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  • grand spider
    [cf. GROUND SPIDER idem] n. the tarantula, Theraphosidae sp.= CHANCHILLA (Black)
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  • granny-kinny
    [etym?] n. a shrub (sp?): 1975 Scrubby bush called "granny-kinny" which we find useful for smudges  (Johnston 59). cf. GRINNY-KINNY
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  • granny-child
    [cf. GRANNY 1] n. the child a mid­wife has delivered: 1966 The "granny child" should at times take water, food, groceries, fish,
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  • granny cake
    [etym?] n. peanut brittle, a kind of toffee, (Eleu.)= PEANUT CAKE
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  • granny bush
     [cf. GRANNY 2 in reference to its medicinal properties] n. a plant, Croton linearis: 1905 (Shattuck 207). 1978 Granny-bush. . .com­monly known
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