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cran
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noun
a unit of capacity used for measuring fresh herring, equal to 37.5 gallons
Word History and Origins
Origin of cran1
Example Sentences
Barack Obama used to embarrass his daughters with “dad jokes” and puns for the ages such as “Yes, we cran”.
Mr Obama became known for his "dad jokes" at the pardonings, in 2016 invoking questionable turkey puns like "Yes we cran!"
For his part, Obama conjured one more deathless phrase: “Yes, we cran.”
The steamer was coming in pretty fast, and the pier being encumbered with nets and with crans of newly caught fish, they reached the mooring-place just as the hawser was being thrown ashore.
My dear old friend, Dr. John Brown, sends me, from Jamieson's Dictionary, the following satisfactory end to one of my difficulties:—'Coup the crans.'
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