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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
crack .
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Examples
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How many of them inherit the valiant genius and hard frugality which built up their fortunes; how many acknowledge the stern and heavy responsibility of their opportunities how many refuse to dream their lives away in a Sybarite luxury; how many are smitten with the lofty ambition of achieving an enduring name by works of a permanent value; how many do not dwindle into dainty dilettanti, and dilute their manhood with factitious sentimentality instead of a hearty, human sympathy; how many are not satisfied with having the fastest horses and the "crackest" carriages, and an unlimited wardrobe, and a weak affectation and puerile imitation of foreign life?
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) Various 1887
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How many of them inherit the valiant genius and hard frugality which built up their fortunes; how many acknowledge the stern and heavy responsibility of their opportunities; how many refuse to dream their lives away in a Sybarite luxury; how many are smitten with the lofty ambition of achieving an enduring name by works of a permanent value; how many do not dwindle into dainty dilettanti, and dilute their manhood with factitious sentimentality instead of a hearty human sympathy; how many are not satisfied with having the fastest horses and the "crackest" carriages, and an unlimited wardrobe, and a weak affectation and puerile imitation of foreign life?
The Potiphar Papers George William Curtis 1858
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Crack, crack, old ship! so long as thou crackest, thou holdest!
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“I held a commission in one of the crackest cavalry regiments,” he began dramatically, and yet with a great air of sincerity.
The Lunatic at Large 1907
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` ` I held a commission in one of the crackest cavalry regiments, '' he began dramatically, and yet with a great air of sincerity.
The Lunatic At Large 1905
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I explained briefly some peculiarities of equipment connected with our crackest crack cavalry.
American Notes Rudyard Kipling 1900
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I explained briefly some peculiarities of equipment connected with our crackest crack cavalry.
American Notes 1889
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Crack, crack, old ship! so long as thou crackest, thou holdest!
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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Crack, crack, old ship! so long as thou crackest, thou holdest!
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Crack, crack, old ship! so long as thou crackest, thou holdest!
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