crakow

[ krah-kou ]

noun

1. poulaine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crakow¹

1325–75; Middle English crakowe, after Cracow, the place of origin

Example Sentences

In Crakow, as a boy, Sammler had been rich and spoiled.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Carry on de war!" rejoined he, indignantly; "wid my fader, who work in de mines; and my beautiful sisters, who walk naked about de streets of Crakow!"

From Project Gutenberg

The third act takes place in the environs of Crakow, where preparations are made for the King's entry.

From Project Gutenberg

Schell was ready in three days, and we left Thorn, came to Warsaw, and passed thence, through Crakow, to Vienna.

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General Lieuwen, my kind patron, sent me, from Crakow, to conduct a hundred and forty sick men down the Vistula to Dantzic, where there were Russian vessels to receive and transport them to Riga.

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