crawfishingn.adj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrawfishing.

Acting like a crawfish, i.e. backing away, literal and figurative. Also: fishing for crawfish.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for prawns or shrimps

prawning1808

crayfishing1835

crawfishing1844

shrimping1848

prawn fishing1884

yabbying1934

1844 Whig Battering Ram (U.S.) 9 Aug. 4/1 Look out for such a specimen of crawfishing as the Locofocos alone can practice.

1873 Winfield (Kansas) Courier 31 July 2/2 I apprehend that..you have been guilty of what the boys would call ‘crawfishing’.

1883 ‘Keighley’ Who are You? 102 Where the sturdy craw-fishing children sat.

1903 Daily Chron. 8 June 9/2 It is only natural that by crawfishing for a good reference this steward neglects the men who actually do the hard work.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	crawfishing
释义	crawfishingn.adj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrawfishing. Acting like a crawfish, i.e. backing away, literal and figurative. Also: fishing for crawfish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for prawns or shrimps prawning1808 crayfishing1835 crawfishing1844 shrimping1848 prawn fishing1884 yabbying1934 1844 Whig Battering Ram (U.S.) 9 Aug. 4/1 Look out for such a specimen of crawfishing as the Locofocos alone can practice. 1873 Winfield (Kansas) Courier 31 July 2/2 I apprehend that..you have been guilty of what the boys would call ‘crawfishing’. 1883 ‘Keighley’ Who are You? 102 Where the sturdy craw-fishing children sat. 1903 Daily Chron. 8 June 9/2 It is only natural that by crawfishing for a good reference this steward neglects the men who actually do the hard work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.adj.1844
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