![[WI]](/static/img/flags/wi.png "West Indies")
Hist. of the Island of Barbadoes (1673) 27: Drinking [...] French Brandy or the drink of the Island, which is made of the skimmings of the Coppers, that boyl the Sugar, which they call kill-Devil.at kill-devil (n.) under kill, v.
Hist. of the Island of Barbadoes (1673) 27: Drinking [...] French Brandy or the drink of the Island, which is made of the skimmings of the Coppers, that boyl the Sugar, which they call kill-Devil. Hist. of the Island of Barbadoes (1673) 31: This Mayes, [...] by pounding it in a large Mortar, and boyling it in water [...] we call Lob-lollie. But the Negroes, when they come to be fed with this, are much discontented, and cry out, O!O! no more Lob-lol.at loblolly, n.
Hist. of the Island of Barbadoes (1673) 48: When the child is born, (which she calls her Pickaninny) she helps to make a little fire. [...] In a fortnight, this woman is at work with her Pickaninny at her back, as merry a soul as any is there.at piccaninny, n.
Hist. of the Island of Barbadoes (1673) 37: Ling, Haberdine, Cod, poor-John.at poor john (n.) under poor, adj.
Hist. of the Island of Barbadoes (1673) 50: I was struck mute, and poor Sambo kept out of the Church.at sambo, n.1
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