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creeping crud

creeping crud noun: any of various diseases.

Noun

creeping crud

  1. (slang) Any of various diseases.
    • In the heat of the tropics a variety of skin irritations — collectively dubbed the “creeping crud” — gripped with unrelenting tenacity the hides of the tender.1946, Belleau Wood (Aircraft carrier), "Flight Quarters.": The War Story of the U.S.S. Belleau Wood (page 67)
    • The clap, syphilis, the blue balls, creeping crud, the sore-nosed dick — we all knew what those were, the very things our priests and ministers and parents and others warned us against […]2010, Jack De Yonge, Boom Town Boy: Coming of Age on Alaska's Lost Frontier, page 197

Questions about creeping crud

What does creeping crud mean?
Creeping crud means any of various diseases.
What part of speech is creeping crud?
Creeping crud is a noun.

Words near creeping crud in the dictionary

  1. creeping bentgrass
  2. creeping buttercup
  3. creeping buttercups
  4. creeping Charlie
  5. creeping cinquefoil
  6. creeping crud
  7. creeping determinism
  8. creeping disease
  9. creeping elegance
  10. creeping eruption
  11. creeping eruptions

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