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  • get
    v. 1. [W Car.; also NYC dial.; cf. OED get to acquire (wealth) absolute] to receive (absolute): Don't worry 'bout that-people will
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  • German wasp
    [etym?] n. a large wasp (sp?): Ger­man was' is big and blue and it have a bad sting (Andros). = SAILOR WASP
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  • ger
    See GO.
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  • Georgie bundle
    n. 1. [also Bajan, Vir., Gul. (Roy 1977:73) and Trin. (Winer); etym?] luggage, be­longings; one's possessions wrapped in a cloth
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  • gentleman's fever, gentleman fever
    [cf. DJE gentle­man's complaint idem;by euphemism] n. venereal disease (old term): If you have gentlemen fever I could give you medicine too
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  • genip
    See GUINEP.
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  • generation property or land
    [cf. GENERATION 1] n. land held jointly by all of the original owner's descendants: 1980 Generation land was given by a land-owner
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  • generation
    n. 1. [OED idem obs. .→1704] descen­dants: 1966 (Otterbein 129). Since the Bahamian dialect was our forefathers' language, I think that we
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  • geese
    [cf. Scots geese goose CSD, but many Cr. sing. forms are from English plurals, e.g. ANTS, TEET'] n. a goose:
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  • Geechee
    /gíychiy/ [cf. Gul. "giJi gici the Gullah dialect; one who speaks Gullah; cf. Mende gidzhi a country called Kissy (Liberia)" (Turner 1949:194);
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