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    Patwa headword

    Bare

    /BEAR/

    AdjectiveAdverb
    Gloss
    "Only / A lot of"
    Definition
    Means 'only', 'nothing but', or an abundance of something.
    Example
    "A bare foolishness him a talk." — "He is talking nothing but foolishness."
    Origin
    Patois adaptation of English 'bare'.

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