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  • hog banana
    n. a variety of banana. = WATER BANANA (Gen.)
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  • hog
    n. 1, [Atlantic; OED, originally had reference to the age or condition of the animal; W3 especially an adult or
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  • hoe-cake
    [cf. US South hoecake an unsweetened cake made of corn meal; "the negroes bake theirs on the hoes that they
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  • hit the Dixie
    [cf. DAE Dixie Southern States, and hit the bush, trail, etc. to take to the places desig-nated, to get going
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  • hit on
    [also US Black (Loman 1967:46)] v. phr. to hit, strike (a person): She hittin' on him (Nassau). (Black)
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  • hit luck
    [cf. US colloq. hit a winning streak, hit the jackpot, etc.] v. phr. to become lucky. (Black)
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  • Hitian roach
    n. the small, inch-long cockroach (Blattella germanica), as opposed to the DRUMMER ROACH. = AMERICAN ROACH, CHINEE ROACH, NASSAU ROACH
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  • Hitian mango, Haiti Mango
    [evidently first imported from Haiti] n. a large, sweet mango with thick flesh and few fibres. = MANGOLA (Black)
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  • Hitian dressing
    [ from Bahamians' perception of Haitians' taste in clothing] n. clothes of many bright, contrasting colors: To the fair she
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  • Hitian
    /háyshan/ [cf. Fr. haitien /aiysye/ idem] adj. Haitian: He gota be verkin Hitian vitch (Brown 33). (Gen.) —n. 1. [from
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