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"Mr. Minturn has a 'crik' also, but he's too proud to own it.

Taken Alive Edward Payson Roe 1863

February 7, 2008 at 9:12 pm duz U haz a crik n ur eer?

i SAID… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

Where I come from that smug attitude might be attributed to derisive humour because our neighbors south of the border don't realize we have phones and television just like them or because they call a creek a crik.

alternate take 2005

Two 28mm "redneck brothers," a crik savvy zombie hunting team.

GAMING NEWS: MWSS Session Report (10 March 2007) MaksimSmelchak 2007

"If this crik gits any crookeder it'll fetch us back home."

Dick in the Everglades A. W. Dimock

In de wint'r de slaves would fill hit wid ice dey got off de crik en hit wuz not used 'til warm wedder cum.' nother thing I members ez de

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration

We waded a big crik en hid in de bushes ter keep dem fum gittin 'us.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration

"Fell in the crik," she answered briefly, hastily and falsely.

In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

"Bime-by," he would say to himself, "I'll have er muscle on me like Jim, an 'den I'll yank dis cussed ol' car right out in der middle of der crik," and he examined the small bunch on his arm critically a dozen times every day.

The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch Henry Wallace Phillips 1899

There was a ventilator in my room, which sometimes said "Crik-crik!" reminding us that no one had spoken for an hour.

My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke Maurice Brazil Prendergast 1898