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"Gombo Zhèbes." Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs

Note 54 — Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs.

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I cannot discover the etymology of this word, according to the meaning given by Mr. Bigelow. The ordinary French signification of gambette is “red-shank”—Totanus caledris.

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