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[WI] T. Russell Ety. Jam. Grammar 12: Big-eye people nubba is fe satisfy is dis wol.
at big-eye, adj.
[WI] T. Russell Ety. Jam. Grammar 12: Trong-mout–Boisterous, brow-beating. De lawyer gain de case by trong-mout [DJE].
at strong-mouth, n.
[WI] T. Russell Ety. Jam. Grammar 12: Trong-physic – Hot tempered, bad. Creole pickni too trong-physic sista [DJE].
at strong-physic, adj.
[WI] T. Russell Ety. Jam. Grammar 11: Pick-mout, Troublesome, teasing. Refers to one who teases another to quarrel.
at pick-mouth (n.) under pick, v.1
[WI] T. Russell Ety. Jam. Grammar 7: Quaw [...] Ugly, stupid.
at quaw, n.
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