craw|fish

craw|fish
craw|fish «KR FIHSH», noun, plural -fish|es or (collectively) -fish, verb.
–n.
= crayfish. (Cf.crayfish)
–v.i.
U.S. Informal. to back out of something; retreat: »

We took down everything he said, but he crawfished. He didn't name a name (Harper's).

[American English; variant of crayfish]

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