the crop of a bird or insect.
the stomach of an animal.
stick in one’s craw, to cause considerable or abiding resentment; rankle:
She said I was pompous, and that really stuck in my craw.
a less common word for crop (sense 6)
the stomach of an animal
(informal) stick in one’s craw, stick in one’s throat, to be difficult, or against one’s conscience, for one to accept, utter, or believe
Old English *cræg “throat,” a Germanic word (e.g. Middle Dutch craghe “neck, throat,” Old High German chrago, German Kragen “collar, neck”), of obscure origin.
see: stick in one’s craw
[kraw-dad] /ˈkrɔˌdæd/ noun 1. (def 1).
[kraw-dad-ee] /ˈkrɔˌdæd i/ noun, plural crawdaddies. 1. .
[kraw-fish] /ˈkrɔˌfɪʃ/ noun, plural (especially collectively) crawfish (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) crawfishes. 1. . verb (used without object), crawfished, crawfishing. 2. Informal. to back out or retreat from a position or undertaking. /ˈkrɔːˌfɪʃ/ noun (pl) -fish, -fishes 1. a variant (esp US) of crayfish (sense 2) n. 1620s, generally dismissed […]
- Crawford long
[lawng, long] /lɔŋ, lɒŋ/ noun 1. Crawford Williamson [wil-yuh m-suh n] /ˈwɪl yəm sən/ (Show IPA), 1815–78, U.S. surgeon. 2. Huey Pierce [hyoo-ee] /ˈhyu i/ (Show IPA), 1893–1935, U.S. politician: governor of Louisiana 1928–31; U.S. senator 1931–35. 3. Russell B(illiu) [bil-yoo] /ˈbɪl yu/ (Show IPA), 1918–2003, U.S. lawyer and politician: U.S. senator 1948–87 (son of […]