crawfished; crawfishing; crawfishes
: to retreat from a position : back out
I crawfished as fast as I could—
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Recent Examples on the WebCarly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Participating locations also have a $30 dine-in special on 5 pounds of crawfish ($50 at the the Lubbock, Texas location).
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
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Noun
Down here your lungs breathed fibs right along with Bradford pear, Confederate jasmine, Creole mirepoix, and fresh beignets—and the bad stuff too, the flood mold, hot-trash crawfish shells, tourist-buggy horse s—, and Bourbon Street’s hobo funk of liquor, piss, and puke.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Participating locations also have a $30 dine-in special on 5 pounds of crawfish ($50 at the the Lubbock, Texas location).
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for crawfish
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“Crawfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crawfish. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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