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  • hangy
    [cf. Scots hangie hangman, devil CSD] n. 1. the barracuda. = BARRACUTA , BARRY , COODA
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  • hang-up clothes
    [from their being hung on nails, not hangers] n. old work clothes. (Exuma, San Sal.)
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  • hang up
    [cf. US Black, a problem, a psychological block (Major)] v. to form a permanent intimate relationship with a person: The
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  • hang-gut
    n. paunch. (Andros)
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  • hang
    [Krio idem (Hancock p.c.); cf. OED, to let droop or bend downward, used intransitively] v. (of trees) to be laden
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  • handy woman
    [by analogy with handy man] n. a housekeeper; maid. (Black)
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  • handle yourself
    [cf. OED handle reflexive, to con-duct oneself obs.] v. phr. to cope with a situation; to demonstrate competence. cf. HANDLE
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  • handless
    [OED, without hands; incompetent with the hands (latter obs. except dial.)] n. 1. a game played with marbles in which
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  • handle it!
    [US Black idem (Roberts)] v. phr. to manage a situation well, such as a boy with a girl (possibly with
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  • hand go, hand come
    [Atlantic; cf. Twi Benkum hohoro nifa (lit, left-hand washes right-hand) idem (K. Aboagye p.c.); cf. also LA Fr. yon lanmain
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