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crudzine

/kɹʌdˈziːn/

crudzine noun: a low-quality fanzine.

Noun

crudzine (plural crudzines)

  1. (dated, slang) A low-quality fanzine.
    • Perihelion shares with the rankest crudzines a penchant for printing amateur (or almost-amateur) fiction, and a generally gosh-wow outlook.1969, Amazing Stories, volume 43, page 134
    • This is one of the questions that has long puzzled mankind (along with why dropped toast always lands buttered-side down and how come crudzine editors always find your mailing address).1981 November, Terry Hughes, “The Modified Big Bang Theory”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 7, page 27

Forms of crudzine

pluralcrudzines

Origin of crudzine

From crud + zine.

Words that rhyme with crudzine

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Questions about crudzine

What does crudzine mean?
Crudzine means a low-quality fanzine.
What part of speech is crudzine?
Crudzine is a noun.
How do you pronounce crudzine?
Crudzine is pronounced /kɹʌdˈziːn/.
What is the plural of crudzine?
The plural of crudzine is crudzines.

Words near crudzine in the dictionary

  1. crudscapes
  2. Crudup
  3. Crudups
  4. crudware
  5. crudy
  6. crudzine
  7. crudzines
  8. crue
  9. cruel
  10. cruel mistress
  11. cruel mistresses

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