crawdaddy
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈkrɔːˌdædi/
- Informal
:
cangrejo de río
- We're taking The Crawdaddy.
Examples
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Oh, I just had to convince him that all the sick kids in his ward deserve to love crawdaddys like everybody else.
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Over a relaxed dinner before the concert, a Crawdaddy companion had said he had a feeling that something bad could happen at this concert.
Blog text (14) -
God, there was like a live crawdaddy in there.
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Just gonna do a crawdaddy here and back off.
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That's a heck of a crawdaddy, isn't it?
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Crawdaddy!
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She would grow up talking Cajun, eating crawdaddies, and running barefoot.
Fiction book (1990) -
At the picnic, we caught several crawdaddies from the river to cook for dinner.
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The chef decided to include crawdaddies in the seafood stew for extra flavor.
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While fishing, we stumbled upon a hole filled with crawdaddies hiding under the rocks.
Synonyms
15
3.6
A small animal like a lobster that lives in fresh water and is eaten
4
8.2
A small freshwater animal like a tiny lobster that lives in creeks
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3.0
A small fresh water animal like a tiny lobster with claws that lives in rivers and streams
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crawdaddy is an informal American name for a small freshwater creature, the same animal called crawfish or crayfish. It combines craw (from crawfish) with the familiar word daddy, so a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a 'daddy' crawfish, a little 'lobster' in the creek.