"have a crow to pull" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has a crow to pull [present, singular, third-person], having a crow to pull [participle, present], had a crow to pull [participle, past], had a crow to pull [past], have a crow to pluck [alternative], have a crow to pick [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> a crow to pull}} have a crow to pull (third-person singular simple present has a crow to pull, present participle having a crow to pull, simple past and past participle had a crow to pull)
  1. (obsolete) To have a point of contention (with someone); to have a bone to pick. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-have_a_crow_to_pull-en-verb-E-W06huY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": ", II.27",
          "text": "Philip, the King of Macedon, who had so many crowes to pul with the Romanes, […] resolved at last to seize upon al their children whom he had caused to be murthered, that so he might day by day one after another rid thw world of them, and so establish his safety."
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