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cran

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noun

  1. a unit of capacity used for measuring fresh herring, equal to 37.5 gallons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cran1

C18: of uncertain origin
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Barack Obama used to embarrass his daughters with “dad jokes” and puns for the ages such as “Yes, we cran”.

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Mr Obama became known for his "dad jokes" at the pardonings, in 2016 invoking questionable turkey puns like "Yes we cran!"

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For his part, Obama conjured one more deathless phrase: “Yes, we cran.”

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The steamer was coming in pretty fast, and the pier being encumbered with nets and with crans of newly caught fish, they reached the mooring-place just as the hawser was being thrown ashore.

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My dear old friend, Dr. John Brown, sends me, from Jamieson's Dictionary, the following satisfactory end to one of my difficulties:—'Coup the crans.'

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