Meaning & use
Craws
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The crops, or throats, of birds or certain insects, used to store food before digestion; also used figuratively for something that irritates or angers someone.
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The chickens' craws were full of grain by the end of the feeding.
His snide remark really stuck in their craws for the rest of the meeting.
A note on using this word
The idiom "stick in one's craw," meaning to cause persistent irritation, comes directly from this word.
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