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  • is (1)
    /iz, z/ copula [Car.; cf. Brit. dial. North I is, thou is, they is (Orion M2, 4), and Scots I'se
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  • iron taw
    /áyan tah/ [cf. TAW marble] n. a steel ball salvaged from an aerosol spray can and used in playing marbles.
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  • iron-rubber
    n., Obs. a cloth for cleaning soot off an old-style smoothing iron. (Andros, White)
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  • ironing stove
    n. an iron pot containing coals for heating an old-style smoothing iron for clothes. (Gen.)
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  • iron critter
    [cf. CREETER, CRITTER creature] n. automobile (used by older people). (Exuma, San Sal.)
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  • iron
    [by analogy with ironing clothes] v. to straighten hair with a hot comb. cf. CONK, PRESS (Nassau)
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  • Irish potato
    [Atlantic; "This usage was chiefly colonial during the 17-18th cents, now gen American" DJE] n. the common white potato, in
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  • into
    [Car. "probably overcorrection of iina" DJE; cf. another result of hypercorrection in US dial. South "in.. .commonly used in locutions
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  • interbreed
    [OED, to cross-breed (animals)] v. 1. (of ethnic groups) to intermarry. cf. BREED (Eleu.) 2. to inbreed. (Exuma)
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  • intelligent
    [W. Car.; from intelligence, construed as plural] n. intelligence. (Black)
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