crack willow

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noun

a species of commonly grown willow, Salix fragilis, with branches that snap easily

any of various related willows

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Words nearby crack willow

crack on, crackpot, cracksman, crack the whip, crackup, crack willow, cracky, cracovienne, Cracow, -cracy, cradle

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How to use crack willow in a sentence

We see a system that will indict a 20-year-old for selling crack but not a police officer for choking the life out of a citizen.
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“The crack baby myth is being recapitulated in terms of NAS,” Sunderlin said.
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The night before he bought a lot of crack-cocaine on credit with no way to pay, intending to kill himself after smoking.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, nobody could have foreseen that the floor would begin to crack.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal|Olivia Nuzzi|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The door opened a crack and for a second I was tempted to give in again.
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex|Lizzie Crocker|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a minute Bruce was back with his hat full of water from the creek that whimpered just beyond the willow patch.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
This was a hard nut to crack, if his past were not to be ruthlessly severed from Angel's by a word.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
What was equally important, a thick clump of cottonwood and willow furnished tolerably secure concealment.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
There was no fight in his men; they ran like a pack of frightened coyotes at the first crack of a gun.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
He swept Aristide aside like an intercepting willow-branch, and poured forth a torrent of furious speech upon his wife.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke