Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A variety of melon (Cucumis melo) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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Examples

  • Do you want me to seen you back to crenshaw petey with his hot coat hangers!

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  • Theres technically only one walmart store with a Los angeles address and its the one on crenshaw.

    Twilight Lexicon » So Where Are the Stars Going to Be Tonight? 2010

  • Bulbous or cheerleader noses, breasts the size of champagne glasses (thanks, Arthur Koestler) or crenshaw melons, eyes the color of wet sand or pristine sky -- all of these give us clues about the person.

    I'm strapping on my high-heeled sneakers 2008

  • Bulbous or cheerleader noses, breasts the size of champagne glasses (thanks, Arthur Koestler) or crenshaw melons, eyes the color of wet sand or pristine sky -- all of these give us clues about the person.

    January 2008 2008

  • But of course with folks like LaMotte and Lauritzen -- one a former administrator who let crenshaw high lose accredition and Lauritzen who voted to cut magnet programs and increase class size-- how can Walter agree with folks that do that?

    Q. How Do You Say "Shill" In Spanish? A. "Galatzan" 2007

  • Nothing would please me more than to sip on his oh-so-delicate tomato soup and spoon soft sweet spoonfulls of crenshaw and almond into my mouth my every waking moment.

    in praise of Manresa 2005

  • WESTSIDE CONNECTION with Ed Blammo is like a backyard barbecue, rolling with Lorenzo in a benzo down crenshaw, kicking it on the stoop, and a parliment-funkadelic block party all rolled up together in a big fat blunt.

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  • Apparently, this description is not an oversell, as Epicurious ranked Three Thieves Pinot Grigio as a Top 5 Box Wine, saying it "starts out as Granny Smith apple and green Jolly Rancher candy with hints of banana, giving way to papaya and crenshaw melon."

    MetaEfficient Reviews 2010

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    News & Record Article Feed 2009

  • Because students desire them is the simple truth. crenshaw November 20, 2009 - 7: 28 am EST

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