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

- crrrk.
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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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