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  • horn-tribe
    [cf. HORSE-KIND] n. all horned animals: 1918 Dere once was a horn-tribe party. All de creeturs wi' horns would have
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  • hornet
    [W3 different sp] n. the love bug, Plecia nearctica, a flying insect with an orange thorax which digs in the
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  • horn
    [cf. OED,  hardened or thickened epidermis, perhaps also from its pointed shape] n. the operculum or horny lid of the
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  • hormer
    /hóhma/ [cf. HORM + -er] n. a buzzer or device to make a kite hum. (Nassau, White)
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  • horm
    /hohm/ [from hum; for sound shift cf. HONGRY ] v. to hum. (Gen.)
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  • Hopping John
    [cf. US dial. South idem "rice and cowpeas cooked together, usually with a piece of bacon or a hambone. ..probably
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  • hopper
    [cf. POPPERS 2, UPPERS] n. 1, sing. a hit without a bounce in baseball; a fly ball: He caught a
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  • hoop
    /hup/ [probably from regional Brit, pronunciation; cf. COOP /kup/) n. the rim of a bicycle wheel, rolled with a stick
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  • hook up
    [cf. US colloq, tied up idem] phr. 1. held up; delayed: Sorry I late-I get hook up at home (Nassau).
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  • hook-off-the-nail
    [cf. Brit. off-the-peg ready-made (of clothing) (M. Pye p.c.)] phr. ready-made clothes: A hook-off-the-nail wasn't a thing of that day
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