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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1827
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†OUTCRAW, v. To outdo, get the better of, triumph over. See Craw, v. Eng. outcrow, id., is rare and obs.Lnk. 1827 Blackwood's Mag. (July) 48:
She began to mak a great phrase about the way she had outcrawed the puir body.
