crowbait
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of crowbait
Example Sentences
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“You didn’t sell that old gray crowbait of yours, did you, Carl?”
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
"Well, how in the name of all that is good, great, and wise did you get that crowbait wished on you?"
From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)
Same here," agreed Bob; "he was sure a first-rate kind of a crowbait.
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
"Why, years ago he had the same old crowbait of a horse, and the boys mocked him when he'd keep using the whip, and telling the beast to get along."
From Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School by Chapman, Allen
Old crowbait is scored up and given the word.
From The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
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