CRACK-UP, to boast or praise.—_Ancient English._

CRACKED-UP, penniless, or ruined.

CRACKSMAN, a burglar.

CRAM, to lie or deceive, implying to fill up or CRAM a person with

false stories; to acquire learning quickly, to “_grind_,” or prepare

for an examination.

CRAMMER, a lie; or a person who commits a falsehood.

CRANKY, foolish, idiotic, ricketty, capricious, not confined to

persons. _Ancient cant_, CRANKE, simulated sickness. _German_, KRANK,

sickly.

CRAP, to ease oneself, to evacuate. _Old word_ for refuse; also _old

cant_, CROP.

CRAPPING CASE, or KEN, a privy, or water-closet.

CRAPPED, hanged.

CREAM OF THE VALLEY, gin.

CRIB, house, public or otherwise; lodgings, apartments.

CRIB, a situation.

CRIB, to steal or purloin.

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