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Crawshay

/ˈkɹɔːʃeɪ/

Crawshay proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Crawshay (plural Crawshays)

  1. A surname.
    • One portion of the public had flown to arms because Mr. Crawshay had jocularly talked of sending a sweep and a sootbag in the third-class train to keep respectable people out.1851, A History of the English Railway, John Francis, page 103

Forms of Crawshay

pluralCrawshays

Questions about Crawshay

What does Crawshay mean?
Crawshay means a surname.
What part of speech is Crawshay?
Crawshay is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Crawshay?
Crawshay is pronounced /ˈkɹɔːʃeɪ/.

Words near Crawshay in the dictionary

  1. Crawney
  2. craws
  3. crawsful
  4. Crawshaw
  5. Crawshaws
  6. Crawshay
  7. Crawshays
  8. crawthumper
  9. crawthumpers
  10. crawthumping
  11. Craxi

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