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- noun Plural form of
crick .
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Examples
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When I moved to Wyoming back in '81 I learned about "cricks".
Long-Lost Language 2008
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I knew he always had 'cricks' in different parts of his anatomy, but I never heard about his feeling all-gone, before.
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They shivered through endless galleries, getting 'cricks' in their necks staring at frescoes, and injuring their optic nerves poring over pictures so old that often nothing was visible but a mahogany-coloured leg, an oily face, or the dim outline of a green saint in a whirlwind of pink angels.
Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Louisa May Alcott 1860
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This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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This was just ahead of a cricked neck - set off by simple movements such as sleeping in an unusual position or brushing teeth - which results in five 'cricks' a year, 393 over 78.5 years.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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"I know he always had 'cricks' in different parts of his anatomy, but I never heard about his feeling all-gone, before.
The Ranch at the Wolverine B. M. Bower 1905
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