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  • God-bird
    [Atlantic; "from folk belief in its super­natural properties; it has the reputation of being very clever and a hard bird to kill"
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  • God-angel
    [from cherubic faces] n. street urchin. (Nassau)
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  • goat('s) foot
    [OED, DAE, DJE different sp.] n. a plant, Ipomeae pescaprae. = BAY WINDERS (Exuma)
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  • goat pepper
    [W Car.; "has a goat-like odour" DJE; cf. also Réunion Cr. Fr. pímakabri (lit, pepper goat) piment sphérique (Chaudenson 1974:85)] n. a variety
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  • goal palm
    n. a variety of palm tree, Thrinax ba­hamensis: 1905 (Shattuck 201). (Inagua)
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  • goat-horn okra
    [W Car.; "twists somewhat like a goat's horn" DJE; cf. Sra. dia-toetoe-okro (lit. deer-horn okra) WST] n. a variety of okra. (Black)
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  • Goat-catcher
    [from the local livelihood as goat-herd] n. nickname for a native of Rum Cay: Goat­catcher--they's the people from Rum Cay. It suppose
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  • goal-wood
    See GUNWOOD.
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  • goacher's wasp
    /gówchas wahs/ [etym. uncertain, but cf. Scots goucher grandfather CSD] n. a kind of wasp (sp?). (Andros)
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  • go (1), ga, ger, gon, guh
    /go(n)/ [cf. (to be) going (to do)] preverbal marker, indicates future action: 1978 I gun be on der park (Smith 4). I
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