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  • got to, gotty, gattie
    [cf. "He has got to do that"] v. to be obliged to (also as infinitive): 1966 Well, we going got to share
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  • got
    [from have got have (emphatic)] v. 1. to have (also as infinitive): 1936 Dey didn' got time t' han' out invites (Dupuch 49).
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  • gossips
    n. pl. gossip; rumors: In Nassau you can always hear a lot of gossips (COB). (Black)
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  • gordy, goddy
    /góhdi/ [W Car,; cf. Scots, North goddy idem EDD, but also Kongo ngudi mother (Carter p.c.)] n. an affectionate term of address
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  • goosey
    [cf. W3 goose probably so called from the fancied resemblance of an upturned thumb to the outstretched neck of a goose...to
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  • goose iron
    [cf. Vir. goose idem (Seaman), Krio gus idem KED; cf. OED goose a tailor's smoothing iron...so called from the resemblance of the handle
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  • gooseberry (tree)
    [unrelated to US or Brit. goose­berry; from the supposed resemblance of the fruit] n. a tree, Phyllanthus acidus or P. distichus: 1827 The gooseberry
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  • goombay, gumbay
    /gumbéy/; gumbee /gúmbiy/; gambee [cf. Kongo ngoma, nkumbi drum DJE; Swahili ngoma idem (Perrott); Twi gumbe Ghanaian drum music (K. Aboagye p.c.); the
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  • gooma bush
    [cf. DJE guma, Sra. agoéma; cf. Bam­bara gumbi a similar herb (Turner 194)] n. a shrub, Solanum nigrum, with black berries: 1920 (Britton 383). (Inagua, Adelaide)
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  • good on
    adj. good at (doing) something: 1966 You really good on giving these names (Crowley 58). (Gen.)
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