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"crikey" Definition

  1. profane exclamation of astonishment; “Oh, CRIKEY, you don’t say so!” corruption of “O Christ!” Sometimes varied by “O crimes!”

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Position in the dictionary: 833 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: cripple, croak, croaker, croaks, crocodiles’ tears, crocus, crone, crooked, crooky, crop up
Previous words in the dictionary: cribbage-faced, crib biter, crib, cream of the valley, crawly mawly, crawler, craw thumper, crapping case, crap, cranky

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