Read full poem →Baker Thoreau Br 695 25th Drake-4107-J
Baker-Vawter Co W J Crank Rep
1101 R & T bld...Market-1620
Dictionary Entry
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or re
In a Sentence
“I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. crankshaft crankpin crankangle crankcase crankcrank handcrank bellcrank engine
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Poetry examples for “crank”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →and on cold days, in the mornings, and often at other times, my father had
to fit the hand-crank into the front of the engine and crank it many times
in order to start the car.
Read full poem →And twilight in one's cell,
We turn the crank, or tear the rope,
Each in his separate Hell,
Read full poem →And twilight in one's cell,
We turn the crank, or tear the rope,
Each in his separate Hell,
Read full poem →applies to the movable bar of the hand set.
If your telephone has a crank for ringing,
you should place the receiver on the hook,
Read full poem →Work when I work, beg when I please,
Give crank-drawings, that make folks stare
To the half-grown boys in the sunset glare,
Read full poem →net. They call him the state something-ologist. He goes around
and--and--_hunts bugs_. But do you want to know what I think of a crank
like that?” I wanted to know. He told me.