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  • good night
    [Car.; cf. Scots gude nicht a salutation bidding 'good night' CSD; also Irel. (J. Ryan quoting J. Joyce)] phr. a greeting on meeting
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  • good-mannerly
    [from good manners + mannerly] adj. orderly, righteous: Parents should teach their children the way of a good-mannerly life (COB). (Black)
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  • good luck bean
    [from its being kept for good luck] n. the flattish bean from a plant (Cerbera the­vetia?), about one inch in diameter with
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  • good head
    [Car.; cf. US colloq. "He has a good head for math" and Twi owo tire (lit. he-has head) he is intelligent
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  • good hands
    [etym?] phr. an expression said on parting. (Andros)
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  • good hand
    [also Trin. (Winer); cf. Krio an gud 'hand is good' = (of person) be successful with the hands KED; cf. also Haitian
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  • good hair
    [Car.; US Black idem DAS; from obsole­scent value system in which things African are bad and things European are good; cf. Haitian
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  • good-good
    [Car.; by reduplication of good; cf. Port. Cr. bwa-bwa very good, from Port. boa good (Ivens Ferraz 1979:58); cf. Yoruba dára good, daradára
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  • gooder
    adj., comparative better. (Black)
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  • gone
    v. [Car.; from gone, going, go on] 1. to be going: 1895 I might as vwell gone too (Edwards 73). Man, I gone!
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