by cracky
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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All this is doled out as solemnly as a lantern-slide lecture in German philosophy, with the actors uneasily unsure whether they are really U.S. dirt farmers, by cracky, or Leibnitzian particles in a transcendental ether.
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That was the kind of a thing I wanted to make a bid for, and, by cracky, I pulled it off.
From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.
"Stung, by cracky," was all I could say, and feeling rather blue I went to the barn where the team was, stroked them and hoped for the best.
From The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer by Micheaux, Oscar
"An', by cracky, I'm a-thinkin' from what we jest see that he's already got his reward!"
From When the Cock Crows by Baily, Waldron
"If you don't do it, by cracky, I'll come down and fetch you."
From Little Folks Astray by May, Sophie
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