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Definition of Crabsticks
1. crabstick [n] - See also: crabstick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crabsticks
Literary usage of Crabsticks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1904)
"Well, I guess she isn't half as mean as that old Dr. crabsticks. He'll just thrash
a fellow out of his boots if he don't know his lesson better than the ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1874)
"“I was wondering how roses should grow on crabsticks.—Your aunt, then, must bring
you over—and your sisters, or cousins, or whoever they are, ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Requires a very different cure; For such sour verjuice dispositions, Your crabsticks
are the best physicians." 1 faint—the citron, or the clary. ..."
4. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1904)
"Well, I guess she isn't half as mean as that old Dr. crabsticks. He'll just thrash
a fellow out of his boots if he don't know his lesson better than the ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1874)
"“I was wondering how roses should grow on crabsticks.—Your aunt, then, must bring
you over—and your sisters, or cousins, or whoever they are, ..."
6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Requires a very different cure; For such sour verjuice dispositions, Your crabsticks
are the best physicians." 1 faint—the citron, or the clary. ..."
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