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Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; apparently < French craps, variant of crabs double-ace (lowest throw at hazard) < 18th-century E slang: plural of crab1
1835–45, Americanism; apparently < French craps, variant of crabs double-ace (lowest throw at hazard) < 18th-century E slang: plural of crab1
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Craps
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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noun
1.
2.
Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
a.
nonsense; drivel.
b.
falsehood, exaggeration, propaganda, or the like.
3.
refuse; rubbish; junk; litter: Will you clean up that crap!
verb (used without object)
4.
Vulgar. to defecate.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrases5.
Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. to talk nonsense to; attempt to deceive.
6.
crap around, Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
a.
to behave in a foolish or silly manner.
b.
to avoid work.
7.
crap on, Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
a.
to treat badly, especially by humiliating, insulting, or slighting.
b.
to cause misery, misfortune, or discomfort.
8.
crap up, Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. to botch, ruin, or cheapen; make a mess of.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English crap chaff < Middle Dutch (not recorded until 16th century) krappe anything cut off or separated
1375–1425; late Middle English crap chaff < Middle Dutch (not recorded until 16th century) krappe anything cut off or separated
Verb phrase
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; back formation from craps
1835–45, Americanism; back formation from craps
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Word Origin & History
crap
"defecate" 1846 (v.), 1898 (n.), from one of a cluster of words generally applied to things cast off or discarded (e.g. "weeds growing among corn" (1425), "residue from renderings" (1490s), 18c. underworld slang for "money," and in Shropshire, "dregs of beer or ale"), all probably from M.E. crappe "grain
EXPANDthat was trodden underfoot in a barn, chaff" (c.1440), from M.Fr. crape "siftings," from O.Fr. crappe, from M.L. crappa, crapinum "chaff." Sense of "rubbish, nonsense" also first recorded 1898. Despite folk etymology insistence, not from Thomas Crapper (1837-1910) who was, however, a busy plumber and may have had some minor role in the development of modern toilets. The name Crapper is a northern form of Cropper (attested from 1221), an occupational surname, obviously, but the exact reference is unclear.
craps
1843, Amer. Eng., unrelated to the term for excrement, from Louisiana Fr. craps, from Fr., corruption of Eng. crabs (see crab), 18c. slang for "a throw of two or three," which is perhaps from the crab sense in crab apple.
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