Synonyms for craw
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kraw |
| Phonetic Transcription : krÉ” |
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
- 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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