See crackalackin' on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2003, “Let Me Hear Sumn”, in Love & Hate, performed by Edwin Hayes (Aceyalone):",
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"ref": "2003, David K. Williams (Roscoe), Patrick Brown (Sleepy Brown), Ray Murray, Rico Wade (writers), “What I Look Like”, in Young Roscoe Philaphornia, performed by David K. Williams (Roscoe):",
"text": "I keep it crackalackin’\n I’m all about them plaques and figures\n I’m a platinum nigga",
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"text": "“Wuzz crackalackin’?” he says, a homeboy greeting that could mean anything.",
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"ref": "2007, Suzann Ledbetter, Halfway to Half Way, Mira, →ISBN:",
"text": "“[…]I can’t work a calculator without coffee.”[…]“One cup. Then I gotta get crack-a-lackin’.”",
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"ref": "2012, Gena Showalter, Alice in Zombieland (The White Rabbit Chronicles; book 1), Harlequin Teen, →ISBN, page 201:",
"text": "What exactly will be crackalackin at this party? Will her parents be there?",
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"ref": "2012, Howie Momo, The Biker Chihuahua, →ISBN:",
"text": "When we got back with the new recruits, it was time to get crackalackin’; we had a party to get started!",
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"ref": "2014, M. Anderson, Avian, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:",
"text": "So! What is crackalackin, yo? We there yet?",
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"ref": "2018, Russ Linton, Crimson Son 3: Ashes, →ISBN:",
"text": "\"Almost got what you need?\" \"Oh yeah, crackalackin,\" he says. \"Goin' junior high for that call out?\"",
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"ref": "2021, Michael F. Bird, Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible, Zondervan Reflective, →ISBN:",
"text": "If you want to grow in your competence of reading Scripture and have a crackalackin good time doing it, read this book!",
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"ref": "2022, Jennifer Peaks, Soul Enemy, →ISBN:",
"text": "The high-pitched sound of these wicked sirens wailing pierced his ears and made them pop. Hell indeed was crackalackin.",
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"text": "When we got back with the new recruits, it was time to get crackalackin’; we had a party to get started!",
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"text": "So! What is crackalackin, yo? We there yet?",
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"text": "\"Almost got what you need?\" \"Oh yeah, crackalackin,\" he says. \"Goin' junior high for that call out?\"",
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"text": "If you want to grow in your competence of reading Scripture and have a crackalackin good time doing it, read this book!",
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"text": "The high-pitched sound of these wicked sirens wailing pierced his ears and made them pop. Hell indeed was crackalackin.",
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