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crankers

crankers is the plural of cranker.

Meaning of cranker

Noun

cranker (plural crankers)

  1. One who operates a crank.
    • Be careful now, for auto crankers sometimes get broken arms. You take a firm grip on the crank, pull the choke wire and whirl the crank like the very devil.1947, The Railway Clerk, volume 46, page 298

Questions about crankers

What is crankers the plural of?
Crankers is the plural of cranker.

Words near crankers in the dictionary

  1. cranked out
  2. cranked the handle
  3. cranked the hog
  4. cranked up
  5. cranker
  6. crankers
  7. crankery
  8. crankest
  9. crankhandle
  10. crankhandles
  11. crankier

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