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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CRAPPIN, Crapine, Crapen, Crawpin', Craping, Crapin, Croppin, n. The crop of a fowl, hence extended to other creatures, and jocularly to man, to mean breast, throat, stomach (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 145; Kcb.¹⁰ 1940; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., crappin; Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn., crapen). Cf. Crap, n.¹, 2.Sc. 1822 A. Cunningham Tales II. 248:
As strong an importation [of liquor] as ever cheered the throat, and cheeped in the crapin.Ayr. 1818 J. Kennedy Poetical Works 98:
Mooly cheese, To gi'e their yawping crapings ease.Ayr. 1879 R. Adamson Lays 159:
An' wha wad refuse a bit millin' tae gi'e A cravin' wee crawpin' frae hunger tae free?Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Poems (1878) 86:
Disclose the beauties o' her [peahen's] crappin'.Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 283:
Wee Andrew, when herding the cows, Finds love in his croppin sae bizzie.Slk. 1822 Hogg Perils of Man II. 190:
The road was gayan lang and Jock's crappin began to craw.

Phrases: †1. to craw in one's crapine, used fig. = to stick in one's throat; cf. Crap, n.¹, 4 (7); †2. to stap someone's crappin', to fill one's crop, used fig. = to cause (a person) to hold his tongue.1. Sc. 1737 Ramsay Proverbs 34:
I ne'er loo'd Meat that craw'd in my Crapine.Sc. 1819 J. Rennie St Patrick I. v.:
And what craws in his crappin sairest ava is, that afore this bruilzie they glawm'd at a'thing about the place like as mony corbies.2. Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff 85:
That'll stap their crappin' for a wee.