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  • howl
    [cf, howl v. and Bah. alternation of /h/ with initial vowels; cf. also OED howle owl obs.→ 1520] n. the
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  • How is it?
    [Car.; cf. lbo ka ko di (lit. how is it?) idem (Okolo p.c.)] phr. a greeting: How are you? (Gen.)
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  • howdy
    [Atlantic; cf. Krio adu short for "adukpε (Yoruba ditto) greeting on first encounter = Hello!" KED; "In Britain [howdy] became
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  • how be?
    [Brit. dial. West idem] phr. a greeting; How are you?: 1929 I goes and says, "'llo, mudder, how be?" and
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  • how?
    interrogative [W Car.; cf. Sp ¿ Cómo? How? What (did you say)?, but also US dial, how idem ADD] What (did
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  • how
    conj. 1. [cf. OED how as.. as Obs.→ 1754] as (soon as): Just how I reach grade five my mother
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  • house-top
    [OED, roof, but for many speakers restricted to set phrases, e.g. "shout it from the house-tops"] n. roof; top of
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  • house spider
    [W Car.] n. a spider, Heteropoda venatoria, often found in houses. = BANANA SPIDER (Gen.)
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  • house lizard
    [Car.; "frequent dwellings-in contrast to ground lizards, tree lizards, etc." DJE] n. various small lizards (Anolis sp.). = TOILET LIZARD
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  • house-girl
    [cf. OED house of persons: employed in or about a house, e.g. house-servant] n. a maid or housekeeper: 1918 He
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