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Definition of Crawfish out

1. Verb. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Crawfish Out

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Literary usage of Crawfish out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The United States Practical Receipt Book: Or, Complete Book of Reference by A practical chemist (1844)
"... then take a live carp, or crawfish, out of the water, and dry it well with a linen cloth ; then daub it over with this paint, it will presently dry, ..."

2. The Preferential Treatment of the Actual Settler in the Primary Disposition by Henry Tatter (1979)
"... a settler's claim from him, he soon saw the white of a score of eyes flaring at him and he would "crawfish" out of the crowd at the first opportunity. ..."

3. My Life and Times, 1810-1899 by John Bailey Adger (1899)
"Reviewing all the facts, there remains the painful conviction that this recent act of the board is a pitiful attempt to "crawfish" out of a false position, ..."

4. The United States Practical Receipt Book: Or, Complete Book of Reference by A practical chemist (1844)
"... then take a live carp, or crawfish, out of the water, and dry it well with a linen cloth ; then daub it over with this paint, it will presently dry, ..."

5. The Preferential Treatment of the Actual Settler in the Primary Disposition by Henry Tatter (1979)
"... a settler's claim from him, he soon saw the white of a score of eyes flaring at him and he would "crawfish" out of the crowd at the first opportunity. ..."

6. My Life and Times, 1810-1899 by John Bailey Adger (1899)
"Reviewing all the facts, there remains the painful conviction that this recent act of the board is a pitiful attempt to "crawfish" out of a false position, ..."

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