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  • cranky
    [W Car.; OED idem nautical] adj. (of boats) unstable: A cranky-built boat has steep sides and is easy to capsize (Inagua).
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  • crane crow
    [from CARRION CROW, influenced by crane] n., Obs? the vulture, Cathartes aura: 1895 (Edwards 70). = CARRYIN' CROW, JOHN CROW, CARRION
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  • crane
    [W3 different sp.] n. 1. the little blue heron, Florida coerulea: 1972 (Paterson 24). = GAULIN 2. the cattle egret, Bubulcus
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  • crack rock
    n. gravel, as for building roads, etc, (Black)
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  • crackers
    See CARACAS.
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  • cracker dust
    [US cracker thin, hard, salted biscuit] n. cracker crumbs: 1978 Fill a baking dish with layers of cracker dust and fish
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  • cracker
    [cf. US Black, white person (derogatory) (Folb); DAE, a poor white, esp. of Georgia; sup­posedly from cracking of whips or corn]
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  • crack(ed) conch
    [etym. uncertain, but cf. cracker meal] n. deep-fried conch: 1978 Cracked conch . .heat... roll in cracker meal. Fry until golden.
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  • crabwood
    [Car.; OED, corruption of Carap, the native name of a South American tree, Carapa guianensis] n. various species of trees: 1869 Ebony,
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  • crab stick
    [OED, a stick or cudgel of the wood of the crab tree; but cf. STICK wood] n. CRABWOOD 1966 That
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