What does have a crow to pull mean?

have a crow to pull

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: have a crow -to pull
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Meaning

verb

To have a point of contention (with someone); to have a bone to pick.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Philip, the King of Macedon, who had so many crowes to pul with the Romanes, […] resolved at last to seize upon al their children whom he had caused to be murthered, that so he might day by day one after another rid the world of them, and so establish his safety."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

has a crow to pull (present, singular) having a crow to pull (participle, present) had a crow to pull (participle, past) had a crow to pull (past) have a crow to pluck (alternative) have a crow to pick (alternative)

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