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crackhemp

crackhemp is the alternative form of crack-hemp.

Meaning of crack-hemp

Noun

crack-hemp (plural crack-hemps)

  1. (obsolete) A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.
    • Come hither, crackhempe.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of crackhemp

pluralcrackhemps

Questions about crackhemp

What is crackhemp the alternative form of?
Crackhemp is the alternative form of crack-hemp.

Words near crackhemp in the dictionary

  1. crackfic
  2. crackfics
  3. Crackgate
  4. crackhead
  5. crackheads
  6. crackhemp
  7. crackhemps
  8. crackhouse
  9. crackhouses
  10. crackie
  11. crackier

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