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  • hand-glove
    [cf. similarly redundant hand-elbow DJE] n. glove: I only wear hand-gloves to a wedding or funeral (Nassau). (Black)
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  • hand
    /han/ n. 1. [Atlantic, Tok Pisin (Todd & Miihlhausler 1977:31); cf. Sao Tome Port. Cr. mo hand and arm, cf.
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  • ham skin
    n. ham scraps (including bone, etc.) used in cooking. (Black)
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  • hamlet
    [cf. DJE idem, different sp.; cf. Mexican Sp. amilote pescado blanco DJE] n. 1. a genus of fish, Hypoplectrus sp.
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  • Hamian
    [from Bahamian by aphesis similar to that in Scots haiviour behaviour CSD] n. Bahamian (thought of as a Jamaicanism): 1970
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  • hall
    [Car.; cf. Brit. dial. West, Scots hall parlour EDD] n. the livingroom in a small house: [of a small house]
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  • half-jar
    [from half open + ajar] adj. ajar: 1966 He leave the door half-jar (Crowley 117). (Black) -v. to leave ajar:
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  • half-hot
    [cf. US slang hot drunk obs. → 1851 DAS; cf. also HALF-CUT idem] adj. somewhat drunk: 1971 We could gather
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  • half-day
    [Car.; "So called because half the working day sill remains" DJE] n. midday; noon; We close at half day Saturdays
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  • half-cut
    [DHS idem] adj. drunk: Some men go home half cut every day (Nassau). Cf. Half-hot (Exuma) ◊ Cut is not used
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