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crackmans

crackmans noun: a hedge.

Noun

crackmans

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A hedge.
    • To their libkins at the Crackmans.1621, Ben Jonson, The Gypsies Metamorphosed

Origin of crackmans

From crack + -mans.

Questions about crackmans

What does crackmans mean?
Crackmans means a hedge.
What part of speech is crackmans?
Crackmans is a noun.

Words near crackmans in the dictionary

  1. crackling microstars
  2. cracklingly
  3. cracklings
  4. cracklins
  5. crackly
  6. crackmans
  7. crackmeter
  8. crackmeters
  9. crackne
  10. cracknel
  11. Cracknell

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