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  • 101crib death — The sudden and unexpected death of a healthy child who is younger than one year old, usually during sleep. The cause of crib death is not known. Also called sudden infant death syndrome and SIDS …

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  • 102crib strap — noun : a strap fitted closely about the throat of a horse to prevent crib biting or wind sucking …

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  • 103crib-biter — noun see crib bite …

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  • 104crib — 1) a fish shelter placed in lakes lacking sufficient cover for bait fish and smaller sport species. May be built of logs in a cabin shape and then filled with brush. Can be towed into position and sunk or built on ice in northern lakes and left… …

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  • 105crib — Synonyms and related words: Colonial bed, Hollywood bed, Nissen hut, Quonset hut, abiding place, abode, abstract, act like, address, affect, amplification, and, annex, appropriate, archives, armory, arsenal, assume, attic, bag, bagnio, bank,… …

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  • 106crib — I Canadian Slang One s own dwelling place (house, apartment, etc.) II Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) small holiday home III North Country (Newcastle) Words a child s bed …

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  • 107crib — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. manger, trough, box, stall, bin; cot, bed, cradle; translation, key; informal, pony, trot. See receptacle, support, stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A baby s bed] Syn. trundle bed, cradle, bassinet,… …

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  • 108crib — small holiday home …

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  • 109crib — noun 1》 chiefly N. Amer. a child s bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.     ↘a manger.     ↘Brit. a model of the Nativity of Christ. 2》 informal a translation of a text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way.     ↘a thing… …

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  • 110crib — ell, r (L). A sieve …

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