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[krab] / kræb /




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For critic Jamieson, highlights include Jamie Dornan's rugby sketch, in which he goes to elaborate lengths to injure himself, and Traitors spoof The Great Big Crab Man.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Known as the Crab, because he was born with an extra finger, the hulking Rodriguez Castro is a lieutenant colonel in the island’s interior ministry in charge of his grandfather’s security detail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

After games at the Rose Bowl, the family would meet at Clancy’s Crab Broiler in Glendale, where Keith regularly ordered the fish soup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

Tennessee Republican Party Chair Scott Golden offered this warning to party faithful last week at the Cumberland County Lincoln Day Dinner in the tiny town of Crab Orchard.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

“A’ight, well, lemme square up witcha and get outta here, old man,” Crab said, peeling off four bills and rolling them tight like a cigarette.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds




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