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The Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover choose

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[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 135: Rain’s no respecter of bad hair.
at bad hair (n.) under bad, adj.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 186: A large crowd had gathered outside. ‘Jesus Chris’, Rasta,’ some were shouting. Others, ‘Beard’ man them raid.’.
at beard-man (n.) under beard, n.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 168: But a name like Percy Dixon make you sound as if you belong to them big banana people over yonder, man.
at big banana (n.) under big, adj.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 161: Scream again, bird brain.
at birdbrain (n.) under bird, n.1
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 51: The Termites are all small boys, rassed up by the Island and floundering like a bitch.
at like a bitch (adv.) under bitch, n.1
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 27: They were looking to Jerry for the first move, for the signal, as Paula said, to pitch a bitch in the late afternoon.
at pitch a/the bitch (v.) under bitch, n.1
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 48: Bless eyesight if it isn’t Missa Stover ’imself from Court House! Wha’ you doin’ in me back yard?
at bless my heart! (excl.) under bless, v.1
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 7: Can’t understan’ why you mus’ usual come to me when you’ block up in you’ Black Seal?
at blocked, adj.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 226: Black people belong in Africa, not ’ere, an’ if ’im purge the Islan’ with ’im militant rass, ’im goin’ fin’ out that ’eaven don’t stay so one bumbo.
at bumbo, n.2
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 181: This Kirby look cool bad. Black like me, too. Could always be a brother o’ mine.
at cool, adv.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 20: Got to pluck it cool.
at play it cool (v.) under cool, adv.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 18: I’m an Indian, nothing but a coolie babu to your W.C. Kirby.
at coolie, adj.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 29: Then they dangled the three ‘dead men’.
at dead man, n.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 173: If only all black people could stan’ so, what a sweet place this fuck’ up Islan’ would be.
at fuck-up, adj.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 91: Many of the people who lived there had become infamous for their ganja smoking.
at ganja, n.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 177: He could smell [...] the acrid fumes from the kerosene lamps, the nicotine stench from the jackass rope.
at jackass rope, n.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 20: Paula fancies me, Jerry. But Albert’s a buddy. Can’t jacket a friend, can I?
at jacket, v.1
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 152: A smoke? The weed never solve’ a Jesus t’ing, son. [Ibid.] 167: Not one Jesus Chris’ rass.
at Jesus, adj.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 40: Why don’t you take a running jump, Mr Saint?
at take a running jump at yourself! (excl.) under jump, n.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 42: If I don’t charge a damn’ good lick, somebody else will.
at lick, n.1
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 19: He liked her and had half-heartedly tried to make her at the last Christmas party.
at make, v.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 195: If we don’t take self-interes’ in earnes’, we goin’ mash up like drop’ breadfruit.
at mash up (v.) under mash, v.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 117: You’ lookin’ real mash’ up.
at mashed, adj.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 39: She looked her tormentor up and down and hissed venomously, ‘Nigger!’ And all that Josiah could find to say was: ‘Imagine a nigger calling a nigger a nigger!’.
at nigger, n.1
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 157: No ’ard feelin’s, pardner, ’til the Revolution noise start up under you’ arse.
at pard, n.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 206: Besides, it’s Rybik’s pigeon, not mine.
at pigeon, n.2
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 229: Call her over and pip the life out of her, lover boy.
at pip, v.1
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 18: The Just Proletarian Destineers which is the party for the working class and poor Quashie.
at quashie, n.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 143: ‘Plenty trut’ in mos’ o’ the write-up,’ Bashra said [...] ‘An’ plenty raas, too,’ Marcus said humorously. ‘Ton loads o’ rass hole’.
at raas, n.
[UK] A. Salkey Late Emancipation of Jerry Stover (1982) 167: An’ when we elec’ you, what ’appen? What really ’appen? Not a rass. Not one Jesus Chris’ rass. Pure mout’.
at raas, n.
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