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Definition of Crawfished
1. crawfish [v] - See also: crawfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crawfished
Literary usage of Crawfished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1853 Of course I crawfished.—Daily Morning Herald (St. Louis), Feb. 5. I'll crawfish.
... 1888 He crawfished out of the issue by claiming ..."
2. The Struggle Over Ratification, 1846-1847 by Milo Milton Quaife (1918)
"crawfished call a meeting and rescind the said resolutions. Mr. Strong, we believe,
is not the only one who has backed out or ..."
3. Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin by State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1918)
"Mr. Strong, we believe, is not the only one who has backed out or crawfished on
this question. We are informed that none of the candidates in Waukesha ..."
4. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"They took a short look at the Union through New York Paddy, Tammany spectacles,
and crawfished back to their mothers! Or, they are those over whom the shell ..."
5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... opened their hitherto silent butteries lustily, and cheered furiously as the
locomotive speedily crawfished, j amid an extensive flight of shells. ..."
6. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"... and not " Peavine Creek," or " Crawfish Springs," as is suggested in Rose-
crans' despatch. He has certainly crawfished out of Georgia, but we prefer ..."
7. An American in the Making: The Life Story of an Immigrant by Marcus Eli Ravage (1917)
"... I disagree with you entirely," he looked grieved and surprised and visibly
chilled, and crawfished out of the embarrassing situation by admitting that ..."
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