Lexicographical Neighbors of Crankous
Literary usage of Crankous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) by Robert Burns (1886)
"Crank, the noise of an ungreased wheel. crankous, fretful, captious. This while
she's been in crankous mood. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"But Rab can gie him anither rhyme to the drink he lo'ed sac wed : — “This while,
she's been in crankous mood, Her lost militia fir'd her bluid, ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... This while she's been in crankous mood. Her lost militia fired her bluid ; (Deil
na they never mair do gmd, About her whiskey ; while a correspondent ..."
4. The Complete Works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) by Robert Burns (1886)
"Crank, the noise of an ungreased wheel. crankous, fretful, captious. This while
she's been in crankous mood. ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"But Rab can gie him anither rhyme to the drink he lo'ed sac wed : — “This while,
she's been in crankous mood, Her lost militia fir'd her bluid, ..."
6. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... This while she's been in crankous mood. Her lost militia fired her bluid ; (Deil
na they never mair do gmd, About her whiskey ; while a correspondent ..."
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