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- dada
- daddy
- damson plum
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- dander
- Danish
- dar
- dark water
- darling plum
- dash
- daughter
- day clean, day clear
- day: in the day
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- de (2)
- dead
- dead dress
- dead house
- dead limb
- dead man
- dead out
- dead skin
- dead-man-get-up
- dead-man-strength
- dead-people bird
- dead-people flowers
- Death
- death bird
- death make no promise
- death messenger
- decide your mind
- deep
- deep English
- deep sounding
- deep-hole grass
- deer grouper
- dem
- devil dance
- devil shoestring
- devil umbrella
- devil('s) plum
- devil('s) potato (root)
- devil('s) pumpkin
- devil('s) tail, devil('s) whip
- Dickens potato
- dicky
- dicty
- did, di
- die
- different
- dig
- dig your mouth
- diggin's: what the diggins
- dilders
- dildo, doldo
- dill-seed
- dilly
- Dinah
- dinghy
- dingy
- dinny
- dip
- dipner
- dirt
- dirt-eating
- dirt-house
- dirty
- disagreeable
- discouraging
- diskiver
- dismiss
- ditty
- dive conch
- dive, dive up
- dividement
- do
- doadus
- doctor
- doctor bird
- doctor bush
- doctor fish
- doctor fly
- doctor medicine
- doctor shark
- doctor shop
- doctor snake
- doctor's gum
- docy
- dodge
- does
- dog
- dog up under someone
- dog-bed
- dog-bush
- dog-drink-water
- dog-teeth snapper
- doggy
- doggy after someone
- dogwood
- doll bush
- doll-baby
- dollar
- don't
- don't-care, don't-care-'f-I, donkeyfy
- done
- done-done
- done-grow
- donkey thistle
- donkey weed
- donkey years
- dooder
- doody
- doof
- door-mouth
- doorkeeper
- dose
- dot
- double bank
- double clutch
- double family
- double luck
- double tap, double wracking
- dough-boys
- douse
- down
- down so
- downfall
- draffy
- draft
- drags
- drain
- drains
- draw (1)
- draw (2)
- draw down
- draw hand
- drawers
- Drawing Spirit
- draws
- drawy
- dread
- dread locks
- dream book
- dream off
- drean, dreen
- dreg
- dress (1)
- dress (2)
- dress down
- dress down/up
- dressing
- driffs
- drift lumber
- drink
- drissle
- drive
- driver
- drogue
- drop
- drop-cord
- droplet
- droppers
- drossel
- drownded
- drudge
- drug man
- drugs
- drummer
- drummer roach
- drunk, drunken
- drunker
- drunky
- dry balls
- dry down
- dry gas
- dry row
- dry-eye
- dry; dry up
- duck
- duck crab
- duck-dodger
- dud; dude blood
- dude
- duff
- dug, dog
- dulfer's ham
- dumb
- dumb bread
- dumb-batty
- dump
- duncy
- dunny
- dup, duppy
- duppy needle
- durgon
- during the while
- dust
- dusty, dustee
- dut
- dutty
- dutty dog, dutty pup
- dwelving house
- dye straw
- dying for hungry
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Definitions starting with D
drop
n. [from v. drop (a line, net)] an area good for fishing: 1918 He went from drop to drop, and he could not catch any fish (Parsons 126). 1977 fishing drops (Albury 117). (Gen.)
— v. 1. [cf, eavesdrop] to pay close attention (to a conversation). (Andros)
2. [cf. DJE drop a lift; Krio idem (Hancock p.c.)] to drop a person off (in a car): 1940 We drop Tina (Dupuch 91). cf. LAND OFF
3. [by passivization] to be dropped: [of crabs for cooking] They just drop [in the boiling water] and cover up. (Cat, San Sal.)
drop a cut-ass on someone [Trin. idem (Winer); cf. CUT-ASS beating] phr. to give a person a beat-ing: When he fin' out that gal was cheatin' on him, he drop a cut-ass on her so bad, somebody had to call the police to save her (Nassau). (Black)
drop child [cf. OED drop to give birth...the usual word in reference to sheep] phr. to give birth: 1977 She les' drop chile [i.e. she has just been delivered of a baby] (Jones 15). (Exuma, San Sal.)
drop off [Belize idem (Dayley)] phr. to have a relapse (after an illness): He were gettin' better but he drop off and he could die (Nassau).
drop sleep [Krio idem (Hancock p.c.) from drop off + fall asleep] phr. to fall asleep: Every night I drop sleep in front of the TV (Nassau). (Black)
Tags: idiom, nautical, noun, phrase, verb
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Author: Holm and Shilling, DBE, 1982
Revision: 1.0
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