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  • hurry
    v. to be in a hurry; to be hurried: 1936 Sign dis, I hurry (Dupuch 41). (Black)
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  • hurricane room
    n. a room built especially to provide shelter in a hurricane: 1963 A small hurricane room, eight by twelve with
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  • hurricane hole
    [from use as shelter for boats during storms] n. a landlocked harbor with an artificial CUT (channel to sea) for
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  • hurricane ham
    [from curing for use in emergencies] n. dried conch: 1979 Conch. . .called "Hurricane Ham". .because years ago and still
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  • hurricane grass
    [brought by seeds blown in by a hurricane? ] n. a sedge, Fimbristylis spathecea: 1920 Soon after the hurricane of August
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  • hurricane bird
    n. the frigate bird, Fregata magnificens: 1960 (Bond 28). = GALE BIRD 2 (Black)
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  • hurrah nest
    [cf. nautical hurrah's nest: state of confusion that characterizes a midshipman's chest, or any untidiness on the deck of a
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  • hunterman, huntin' man
     [Atlantic; cf. OED hunter-boy; hunting-man a man addicted to hunting] n. a hunter: 1895 Hunte' man (Edwards 71). 1918 De
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  • hungry
    /hónggri, hóhnggri/ [Atlantic; by shift of syntactic category] n. hunger: 1918 He couldn' bear no hongree no more (Parsons 27).
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  • hunger
    [ W Car.; "in standard English no longer literal" DJE] v. to be hungry. (San Sal., Mayag)
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