crib

  • 41crib — 1 noun especially AmE 1 (C) a bed for a baby or young child, especially one with bars to keep the baby from falling out; cot (1) BrE 2 (C) an open box or wooden frame holding food for animals; manger 3 (C) BrE a model of the scene of Jesus birth …

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  • 42crib — 1. n. place where thieves or prostitutes live and work 2. n. a dwelling or home. Come on and check out my crib. It s just around the corner …

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  • 43crib —  1. n. Book giving answers to problems, translations, etc., e.g. at school.  2. v. Copy from the answers of another student.  3. cribber One who uses crib or who cribs …

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  • 44crib — [OE] Crib is a Germanic word, with relatives today in German (krippe) and Dutch (kribbe). In Old English it meant ‘manger’, and not until the 17th century did it develop its familiar presentday sense ‘child’s bed’. An intermediate stage, now lost …

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  • 45Crib talk — or crib speech is pre sleep monologue made by young children while in bed. This starts somewhere around one and a half years and usually ends by about two and a half years of age, though children can continue longer.[1][2] It consists of… …

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  • 46Crib Goch — from the west Elevation 923 …

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  • 47Crib Point, Victoria — Crib Point Melbourne, Victoria Entering Crib Point …

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  • 48crib-bite — crib biter, n. /krib buyt /, v.i., crib bit, crib bitten or crib bit, crib biting. Vet. Med. to practice cribbing. [1835 45; back formation from crib biting, crib biter; see CRIBBING] * * * …

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  • 49Crib Point railway station — Crib Point Station information Code CPT Distance from Flinders Street 71.5 km Operator Metro Trains Melbourne …

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  • 50crib biting — n. a habit that some horses have of biting wood, as the stall door or feeding trough, and at the same time swallowing air crib bite vi. crib bit, crib bitten crib bit crib biting * * * …

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