cran
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of cran
C18: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Barack Obama used to embarrass his daughters with “dad jokes” and puns for the ages such as “Yes, we cran”.
From The Guardian
Mr Obama became known for his "dad jokes" at the pardonings, in 2016 invoking questionable turkey puns like "Yes we cran!"
From BBC
For his part, Obama conjured one more deathless phrase: “Yes, we cran.”
From The Guardian
The steamer was coming in pretty fast, and the pier being encumbered with nets and with crans of newly caught fish, they reached the mooring-place just as the hawser was being thrown ashore.
From Project Gutenberg
My dear old friend, Dr. John Brown, sends me, from Jamieson's Dictionary, the following satisfactory end to one of my difficulties:—'Coup the crans.'
From Project Gutenberg
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