cratch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cratch
1175–1225; Middle English cracche < dialectal Old French crache, variant of creche crèche
Example Sentences
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Some children call this game "cat's cradle," but it should be "cratch cradle."
From Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks by Anonymous
It comes from the Old French dialect form peche, as match comes from mèche, and cratch, a manger, from crèche, of German origin, and ultimately the same word as crib.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable," thinks this "the corrupt for cratch cradle or manger cradle, in which the infant Saviour was laid.
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Harrison Weir
A certain journal, it is said, has fifty thousand subscribers; assuming six readers to every subscriber, we have three hundred thousand sheep browsing and bleating at the same cratch.
From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
A huge Christmas pie, made in the shape of a cratch or cradle, was placed on the board.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
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