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Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow choose

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[UK] H. Crow Memoirs 281: Every month or ‘moon’ [...] a personage, who is known by the name of ‘Great Egbo’ [...] parades the streets.
at moon, n.
[UK] in H. Crow Memoirs 141: ‘What is the matter, Crow, that you big man for you gran Palaver-house make all dat noise for we country and we trade? [...] ‘What wo wo palaver you make!’.
at palaver-house (n.) under palaver, n.
[UK] A. Attanasio Crow 🌐 You’re not going to kill yourself for a scag hag and an old drunk.
at scag hag (n.) under scag, n.2
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