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Crrnx.
n.  the name of an island cove.

<[W]e have seen that pirate fleet at rendezvous not a day from here in the Cove of Crrnx.  —Stan McDaniel, The Letterseeker.>

crrppllrr.
n.  the fluid warbling of a pigeon.

<“Okay,” she said, and then she made a noise that sounded like the liquid burbling of pigeons.  “Okay Crrppllrr, you’re looking for the marquis de Carabas.”  —Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere.>

crrr.
v.  to creak like a closing door, as in Republic: A Novel by J.B. Powell.ul


crrrk.
n.  a mother hen’s warning signal that danger is afoot.

<When there is danger of hawks or owls or cats or anything around, the hen gives out a warning signal.  She’ll get up somewhere and make a squawking noise.  Then she says, “Crrrk, crrrk, crrrk,” in a low-pitched voice.  The chicks all get under her, or all stand at attention.  —Minnie Rose Lovgreen, Minnie Rose Lovgreen’s Recipe for Raising Chickens.>


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