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 Cra’kys of War.Crambe bis Cocta [“cabbage boiled twice”]. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cram.
 
To tell what is not true. A crammer, an untruth. The allusion is to stuffing a person with useless rubbish.   1
 


 Cra’kys of War.Crambe bis Cocta [“cabbage boiled twice”]. 

 
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