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† crup-shoulder, -shouldered Obs. = crump-shoulder, etc.1589 R. Harvey Pl. Perc. 12 Thinking belike to ride vpon my Crupshoulders. 1599 Breton Mis. Mavillia iv, Hee goes Crup shouldred and sits down by leisure.
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▪ I. crup, a. dial. [? var. of crump: cf. crup-shoulder.] ‘Short, brittle, as a crup cake; and fig., short or snappish, as a crup answer. Still used in Kent’ (Todd).1736 Pegge Kenticisms, Crup, pettish, peevish. 1847–78 Halliwell, Crup, crisp, short; surly. South. 1887 Parish & Shaw Kentish Gloss., ...
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