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come the raw prawn

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prawn

  [prawn]
Use come the raw prawn in a Sentence
–noun
1. any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.
–verb (used with object)
2. to catch prawns, as for food.
—Idiom
3. come the raw prawn, Australian Slang. to try to impose on or deceive someone (fol. by with).
Origin:
1400–50; late ME prane, of uncert. orig.

Related forms:
prawner, noun
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Word Origin & History

prawn 
1426, prayne, of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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