crawfished; crawfishing; crawfishes
: to retreat from a position : back out
I crawfished as fast as I could—
Mark Twain
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Feb. 2024
Fancy Dance takes place over a couple of weeks in the summer, when river crawfish are plentiful enough for Roki to catch under Jax’s supervising eye.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 July 2024
But the neighborhood’s offerings extend well beyond crawfish.
—Kayla Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2024
The sticker has a cartoon crawfish named Mark de Ballot walking in a blue tuxedo jacket with a black top hat and spats.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 July 2024
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The crawfish kept us floating, kept the cash flow going.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Feb. 2024
Fancy Dance takes place over a couple of weeks in the summer, when river crawfish are plentiful enough for Roki to catch under Jax’s supervising eye.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 July 2024
But the neighborhood’s offerings extend well beyond crawfish.
—Kayla Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2024
The sticker has a cartoon crawfish named Mark de Ballot walking in a blue tuxedo jacket with a black top hat and spats.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 July 2024
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“Crawfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crawfish. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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