10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STICK IN ONE'S CRAW»
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The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary: Includes ...
stick in one's craw, rankle. craw'fish" (kra'fish") n. a crustacean resembling a
lobster. Also, cray'fish (kra'-). — v.L (Informal) retreat from a position or opinion.
crawl (kral) v.L 1, move on hands and knees or by drawing the body along the
ground.
Albert Hodges Morehead, Philip D. Morehead, Loy Morehead, 2006
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The Everything Large-Print Crossword Dictionary: Finding a ...
4 yard Stick in one's craw 3 irk 6 rankle Stick in the water 3 oar Stick on 5 affix 6
attach Stick out 3 jut 5 bulge 8 protrude Stick out like ___thumb 5 asore Stick up 3
rob Stick up at sea? 4 mast Sticker 3 bur, pin 5 decal, thorn 8 pricetag Sticking ...
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Bulletin of the University of Texas: Reprint series
To impose upon in a trade, cheat. stick-bean, n. Pole- bean. sticker, n. A spine, a
thorn. " This bush is full of stickers." stick-at-itiveness, n. Tenacity, endurance.
stick-in, n. A marble used as a stake in playing for keeps. stick in one's craw, v.
phr.
University of Texas, 1901
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A Word-list from East Alabama
See sand (grit) in one's craw, stick in one's craw. crawfish, v. i. To back out of a
trade, proposition, etc. crawl, v. i. To creep, as a child. " One must crawl before he
walks," is a common saying. Creep is not used in this sense. crazy as a bat, adj.
Leonidas Warren Payne, 1909
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Webster's II New Riverside Desk Dictionary: For Home, ...
... to behold sing like a bird skeleton in one's closet small world smell a rat sour
grapes BOW one's wild oats stagger the imagination start (or get) the ball rolling
steal one's thunder stem to stern stick in one's craw stick out like a sore thumb
stick ...
Daniel Webster, Editors Of Webster's II Dictionaries, Webster's New World Dictionary, 1995
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
I see COWARDLY adj. craV°ing /krayving/ n. strong desire or longing. I see
LONGING n. craw /kraw/ n. Zool. crop of a bird or insect. U stick in one's craw be
unacceptable. craW°fish /krawfish/ n. = CRAYFISH. crawl /krawl/ ov.intr. 1 move
slowly ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
[ME cravanl, perh from L crepare crack] craw kro. n the crop, throat or first
stomach of fowls; the crop of insects: the stomach of animals generally, stick in
one's craw see stick in one's throat under stick. {ME crawe; not found in OE; cf Du
kraag ...
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Booker T & Them: A Blues
2. to boast about one's superiority—Idiom stick in one's craw, to cause
considerable or abiding resentment; rankle: I'm an unlawful law, I really stick in
their craw. Crow: a derogatory term for a black man. During TR's tenure Jim Crow
rises, ...
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A comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary
5 to stick (in one's craw), bother, stand in the way. Ada sesuatu yang terasa — di
hati saya. It is as if there's s.t. that's bothering me. Tapi ada sesuatu yang — . But
there was s.t. that was bothering him. Yang mungkin masih ~ adalah jumlah ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
cravenness noun. © 1 4c in this sense; 13c in obsolete sense 'vanguished'. craw t
> noun 1 the crop (noun 6). 2 the stomach of a lower animal. • stick in one's craw
colloq to be difficult for one to swallow or accept. © 1 4c. crawl t> verb (crawled, ...
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