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noun Veterinary Pathology.

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Origin of quarter crack

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby quarter crack

quarter bend, quarter binding, quarter blanket, quarter-bound, quarter-breed, quarter crack, quarter day, quarterdeck, quarter dollar, quarter eagle, quartered

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How to use quarter crack in a sentence

Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.
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By contrast, John McCain, the eventual GOP nominee, had raised approximately $12.7 million in the first quarter of 2007 alone.
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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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So I went home—we only lived about a quarter mile away—and I got on my bicycle and rode back, and he was in the donut shop.
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“The crack baby myth is being recapitulated in terms of NAS,” Sunderlin said.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences|Emily Shire|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Kum Kale has been a brilliant bit of work, though I fear we have lost nearly a quarter of our effectives.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Almost one-quarter of the total supply printed has been placed in circulation.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
This Peal (by the Rules aforesaid) may be Rang with any whole hunt, half hunt, and quarter hunt.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
He could go and live over in the Latin Quarter—that 's the desire of his heart—and think of nothing but old bottles.
Confidence|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for quarter crack

quarter crack

noun

vet science a sand crack on the inside of the forefoot of a horse

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