What does crumenal mean?
Crumenal means (obsolete) A purse..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A purse..
1850, Henry K. Oliver, Bees and Honey, in Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society for 1850, Essex Agricultural Society, page 115, […] and could only have rewarded, if they rewarded at all, by inserting their hands into their own crumenal pouches […] .
I now plainly saw that Mr. Snoole's sincerity must be put to that most searching of tests—the crumenal one, the efficacy of which is so soon found out, and so simply illustrated by schoolboys:—"Will you take your oath?—"Yes."—"Will you bet sixpence?"—"No."
Again, some practitioners are of the opinion that a "pumiced" condition of the sole is the crumenal diagnostic test, and indicative of chronic laminitis.
Use crumenal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crumenal means (obsolete) A purse..
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1850, Henry K. Oliver, Bees and Honey, in Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society for 1850, Essex Agricultural Society, page 115, […] and could only have rewarded, if they rewarded at all, by inserting their hands into their own crumenal pouches […] .
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