Cric

We now know that on the evening, or rather the night, of the 18th, he went to a nightclub called the Cric-Crac in the Rue Clément Marot.

Maigret and Monsieur Charles Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1972

In the old days of fairy-tale telling, when he used to get tired and I still wanted him to go on, he had arranged that if, in the course of the story, he suddenly brought in the word "Cric," and I failed to immediately answer "Crac," the story would be put off till our next walk

Peter Ibbetson George Du Maurier 1865

An answer was found in the end to the question "how many 'c's are there in Cric (c) ieth?" but so far the equally difficult question on "how many syllables are there in the word 'Nationalist'?" remains unsolved.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

Cric-crac was heard, and another of his iron bands broke and fell.

The Grey Fairy Book 2003

Then Paulson, Cric, and Chipmunk and Tuntun and Avelyn, dear Avelyn, all lost on the road to Mount Aida.

Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

Then Paulson, Cric, and Chipmunk and Tuntun and Avelyn, dear Avelyn, all lost on the road to Mount Aida.

Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

Ten minutes later, the two men got out of the car in the Rue Clément Marot, in front of the Cric-Crac nightclub, where pop music spilled out into the street.

Maigret and Monsieur Charles Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1972

“The Chat Botté … the Belle Hélène … let me see … the Cric-Crac …”

Maigret and Monsieur Charles Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1972

The men are great and brown; and their beards -- Holy Cric! their beards are a bush for owls; and striped their shirt, jersey, what you call, and blue trousers.

Rosin the Beau Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

"Holy Cric! what a house!" cried Mère-Marie, clapping her hands together.

Rosin the Beau Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896