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1. accra, n. View full entry 1864
...W. Afr. and Caribbean. A ball-shaped fritter or sautéed patty of seasoned mashed beans, esp. black-eyed peas. In early use freq. in accra cake....
2. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry 1837
...U.S. regional, Caribbean, and W. Afr. Indicating a change of state or possibility: now; any more. Freq. in negative contexts....
3. agidi, n. View full entry 1853
...A gelatinous starchy food made by boiling a paste of (fermented) maize meal or flour....
4. Alhaji, n. View full entry 1951
...In Nigeria and other areas of West Africa: = Al-Hajj1....
5. book, n. View full entry 1863
...W. Afr. (See quots.)...
6. bush deer in bush, n.1 View full entry 1897
...in W. Africa, a gazelle....
7. chop, n.6 View full entry 1805
...Food. Also attrib., as chop-day, chop-money, chop-room; chop-box...
8. chop, v.6 View full entry 1833
...To eat....
9. dane gun, n. View full entry 1900
...Any of several kinds of primitive firearms, orig. introduced by Danish traders....
10. egusi, n. View full entry 1925
...In Nigeria and neighbouring countries: the seeds of the water-melon, esp. ground or crushed and used for food....
11. facially, adv. View full entry a1633
...Face to face; in person. Now regional (chiefly W. Afr. and S. Afr.). rare before 20th cent....
12. garri, n. View full entry 1926
...= cassava2....
13. kakaki, n. View full entry 1932
...In West Africa, a long metal trumpet used on ceremonial occasions....
14. lappa, n. View full entry 1954
...A woman's shawl or skirt....
15. leopard society in leopard, n. View full entry 1915
...in West Africa, a native secret society whose members dress as leopards and attack their victims in the manner of leopards....
16. long legs in long, adj.1 and n. View full entry 1971
...(see quot. 1971)....
17. macute, n. View full entry
...In the Guinea Coast and Angola: a monetary unit used in trade between Europeans and local peoples, and thought to be developed from a native currency based on pieces of cloth....
18. macute, n. View full entry ?a1762
...A denomination of silver and bronze coinage issued by the Portuguese from 1762 in Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) and Angola, one macute being equal to about 1.4 grams of silver....
19. macute, n. View full entry 1704
...A denomination popularly given to a silver coin (one-tenth of a dollar) issued between 1791 and 1805 by the British for its Guinea Coast colony of Sierra Leone....
20. mallam, n. View full entry 1855
...In Nigeria and other parts of Africa: a learned man; a scribe, teacher, or healer....
