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  • I knew by heart the words to “Trouble” but it was the dawn street scenes of vendors chanting “craw-fish!” that stole my heart.

    My New Orleans Rosemary James 2006

  • I knew by heart the words to “Trouble” but it was the dawn street scenes of vendors chanting “craw-fish!” that stole my heart.

    My New Orleans Rosemary James 2006

  • It is a charming transparent stream, abounding with excellent trout and craw-fish.

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • This afternoon Mrs. Sam Swain brought us some craw-fish, and told Ellen her husband said she must cook the fish the way he had it at breakfast.

    Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Katherine Mary Barrow

  • He came for me after school, and we walked down to the shore and watched Mrs. Repetto catching craw-fish.

    Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Katherine Mary Barrow

  • The plant is not conscious of an outward world, when it sends out its roots to obtain the nourishment which is fitting for itself; but the polype, which is fixed with hundreds of its kind on the same coral-stock, and is able only to move its mouth and tentacles, is aware of the presence of the little craw-fish upon which it feeds, and throws out its lasso-cells and catches it.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

  • "An 'some craw-fish bait and a piece of string," put in the other two in

    Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories M. T. W.

  • -- This afternoon after choir practice Ellen and I went down to the rocks, although it was very cold, to try to catch craw-fish.

    Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Katherine Mary Barrow

  • When the rice is almost cooked add the craw-fish that you have put aside, or rather its meat extracted from the shells, take from the fire and pour over it the fish mixture, adding some grated cheese.

    The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well Maria Gentile

  • After the water boils for a while, remove the lobster (or crab, or craw-fish) leaving the saucepan on the fire.

    The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well Maria Gentile

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