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单词 crankum
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crankumn.

Etymology: A humorous formation < crank n.2 Chiefly occurring in the combination crinkum-crankum adv., n., and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrankum.
1. = crinkums n. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun]
bone acheOE
burning1382
crinkums1618
bone ague1659
crankum1661
venereal1843
jack1899
Jack-in-the-box1899
V.D.1920
a certain disease1927
social disease1978
1661 K. W. Confused Characters 5 He gets the French Cranckums, and so knows what it is to have a Tenure in Taile.
2. A twist, eccentric turn, crotchet, conceit.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun]
phantoma1375
fantasyc1440
conceitc1450
fancy1471
crotchet1573
whim-wham1580
vision1592
reverie1602
whimsy1607
windmill1612
brainworm1617
maggota1625
vapour1631
flama1637
fantastic1641
idea1660
whim1697
rockstaff1729
whigmaleery1730
vagary1753
freak1785
whimsy-whamsy1807
crankum1822
whimmery1837
1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. xxvii. 250 His contrariness is altogether of some misleart crancum about your caring nothing for him.
1825 R. P. Ward Tremaine III. xxi. 379 Woodington 'Squire is a noble fellow, with all his crankums.
1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 78 The cleft, the stave, the semitone, An' fifths an' thirds And ither crankums.
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3. local. A large wooden trap used for catching pheasants or other game alive.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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