Crack-brained

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• Crack

  ·noun A boast; boasting. II. Crack ·noun Breach of chastity. III. Crack ·noun A crazy or crack-bra...

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• crack

  A whore. TO CRACK To boast or brag; also to break. I cracked his napper; I broke his head. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crack

  This word is used by us as in England to signify most famous, best. Thus we speak of "a crack ship,"...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• crack

  1) to crack or crake, to boast. Norf. 2) she's nought to crack on, i. e. not good for much. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• crack

  "In a crack," immediately. ...

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• Brained

  ·p.a. Supplied with brains. II. Brained ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Brain>>. ...

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• Crack-loo

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of <<Crackaloo>>. ...

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• to crack up

  To crack, i. e. to brag or boast, is a verb common in old authors, from Chaucer downwards, and still...

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• crack officer

  One of the best class. ...

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• crack-order

  High regularity. ...

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• crack-ship

  One uncommonly smart in her evolutions and discipline, perhaps from the old English word for a fine ...

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• Addle-brained

  ·adj ·Alt. of Addle-pated. ...

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• Clay-brained

  ·adj <<Stupid>>. ...

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• Cock-brained

  ·adj Giddy; rash. ...

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• Dull-brained

  ·adj Stupid; doltish. ...

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• Fat-brained

  ·adj Dull of apprehension. ...

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• Feather-brained

  ·adj Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. ...

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• Hot-brained

  ·adj Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. ...

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• Rattle-brained

  ·adj Giddy; rattle-headed. ...

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• Scatter-brained

  ·adj Giddy; thoughtless. ...

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• Shallow-brained

  ·adj Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. ...

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• Shatter-brained

  ·adj ·Alt. of Shatter-pated. ...

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• Sick-brained

  ·adj Disordered in the brain. ...

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• cork-brained

  Light-headed, foolish. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crack on, to

  to carry all sail. ...

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• the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.

  Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose