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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crewdate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
crew-date
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, traditionally rowing crews, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with sconcing and pennying; equivalent to a swap at Cambridge University.

Etymology

From (rowing) crew + date.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

crewdates (plural)

Questions

What does crewdate mean?
A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, traditionally rowing crews, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with sconcing and pennying; equivalent to a swap at Cambridge University.
Where does crewdate come from?
From (rowing) crew + date.

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