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Quotation dates: 1829
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CRICK-CRACK, n. comb. A talk or chat. A reduplicative form of Crack, n.1, 5 (1), id. Prob. a nonce word.Sc. 1829 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 243:
Glowering like a gawpus on a newspaper, at what was meant to be a crick-crack atween twa auld freens.
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