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Definition of craw
1 : the crop of a bird or insect
2 : the stomach especially of a lower animal
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Anglers in recent tournaments at Lake Pickwick have found a few schools of really nice largemouths on the offshore shell bars, with dark-colored jigs with soft plastic craws getting most of the bites.
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Politically, Renoir's favor-currying correspondence with the Vichy government sticks in Tavernier's craw, decades later.
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That apparently stuck in the craw of union leaders, despite the fact that Antonucci for decades has openly criticized the union.
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There aren’t many moments in musical theater that stick in your craw like the rug-pulling finish of ‘
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Bruhl and two guests beat the rain to the area Wednesday morning to catch bass, reds and even a few keeper speckled trout, almost non-stop on frogs, poppers, worms and craws.
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But something about the third paragraph stuck deep in my craw.
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Two plays — a 64-yard run by Forsett and a 43-yard screen pass by Booker — stuck in his craw.
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Though news to no one, this has long stuck in Mr. Beatty’s craw; among his longtime friends is the politician Gary Hart, whose career was torpedoed by a suspected affair.
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Origin and Etymology of craw
Middle English crawe, from Old English *cræga; perhaps akin to Latin vorare to devour — more at voracious
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Definition of craw for English Language Learners
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: an area in a bird's throat in which food can be kept
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