† pluck-crowadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Obtained by plucking a crow.
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1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation sig. *** Shrew Prose, thy pluckcrow implements addresse, And pay the hangman pen his double fee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1593- to have as much right
- to have as much use for something as a dog has for a side pocket
- to have ass in a sling
- to have assets
- to have at advantage
- to have at an advantage
- to have at avail
- to have at etc reputation
- to have at feud
- to have at great reputation
- to have at heart
- to have at no reputation
- to have at one's beck
- to have at one's fingers' ends
- to have at one's fingers' or tongue's end
- to have at one's fingers'finger ends
- to have at stake
- to have away
- to have axes to grind
- to have bad mind for
- to have bats in the belfry
- to have beat
- to have been a begging
- to have been and gone
- to have been around