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Synonyms for craw


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kraw
Phonetic Transcription : krɔ



Définition of craw

Origin :
  • Old English *cræg "throat," a Germanic word (e.g. Middle Dutch craghe "neck, throat," Old High German chrago, German Kragen "collar, neck"), of obscure origin.
  • noun gizzard
Example sentences :
  • The seed came from the craw of a wild swan that they had shot.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • Something stuck in his craw, and he couldn't figure out what it was.
  • Extract from : « The Bramble Bush » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Colonel Craw sent me a letter to this effect, which I treated as it deserved.
  • Extract from : « The Fatal Boots » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • "He ain't got the sand in his craw to make a killing," said one of the listeners.
  • Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
  • "Just the same, he's got something in his craw," replied the sheriff.
  • Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
  • Fill the craw of the fowl, &c.; but do not cram it so as to disfigure its shape.
  • Extract from : « The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual » by William Kitchiner
  • It was pumping up the food from its craw, in the same way that a pigeon does.
  • Extract from : « In a Cheshire Garden » by Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton
  • His boots will be tight; his bag as heavy as his spirits; his head as empty as his craw.
  • Extract from : « Of Walks and Walking Tours » by Arnold Haultain
  • He's a little off his cabazza, and them green whiskers stuck in his craw.
  • Extract from : « The Long Dim Trail » by Forrestine C. Hooker
  • Let him have it brought in, killed, and the craw taken out and cut open.
  • Extract from : « Cottage Economy » by William Cobbett

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