Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
crab . - noun slang
pubic lice - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
crab .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice
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Examples
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They have heard too many stories of oil turning up in crabs and shrimp, too many instances where shrimp boats have churned up sheen behind their nets as they've dragged the bottom.
Rocky Kistner: Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf Rocky Kistner 2010
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They have heard too many stories of oil turning up in crabs and shrimp, too many instances where shrimp boats have churned up sheen behind their nets as they've dragged the bottom.
Rocky Kistner: Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf Rocky Kistner 2010
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They have heard too many stories of oil turning up in crabs and shrimp, too many instances where shrimp boats have churned up sheen behind their nets as they've dragged the bottom.
Rocky Kistner: Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf Rocky Kistner 2010
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They have heard too many stories of oil turning up in crabs and shrimp, too many instances where shrimp boats have churned up sheen behind their nets as they've dragged the bottom.
Rocky Kistner: Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf Rocky Kistner 2010
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Steaming crabs is a recent innovation in our house.
Archive 2008-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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Giving me crabs is ok if you cook them, fuzzy, but killing me for dessert isn't on the menu.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Nicola - Jeff VanderMeer Blue Tyson 2008
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Hurricane Ike devastated Oak Island on Sept. 13, leaving little to nothing inhabitable, where the Huynhs and 25 other Vietnamese families once eked out a living catching crabs from the adjacent bay.
November 17th, 2008 rachelcaine 2008
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Plus you can go down to the Wharf and get Dungeness crabs from a cart, sit with your feet over the side of the wharf and throw the shells in the Bay with that view!
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We call it crabs in a barrel, clawing at each other and keeping any one from getting out of that barrel.
The Early Word: The Big Three Try Again - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Steaming crabs is a recent innovation in our house.
Recipes: Steamed Alaska King Crab & Spinach with Garlic and Preserved Lemon Laurie Constantino 2008
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