"crow to pluck" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: crows to pluck [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|crows to pluck}} crow to pluck (plural crows to pluck)
  1. (informal, idiomatic, usually with with) Synonym of bone to pick (“a disagreeable matter to settle”). Tags: idiomatic, informal, usually Synonyms: bone to pick [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-crow_to_pluck-en-noun-5Km14HS- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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