A cromlech must describe Stonehenge I guess, because my dictionary says it's a circle of prehistoric standing stones. I guess the English word imps would have known that. Things were pretty quiet on this word, with the winner being a new player named SCarpenter. Well done SC. Here's their winning suggestion for cromlech:
"A cromlech is a bit of food dropped on one's clothing that is large enough to pick up and swiftly pop in your mouth. It is Scottish slang from the words 'crumb left'."
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2 invented meanings:
A cromlech is a bit of food dropped on one's clothing that is large enough to pick up and swiftly pop in your mouth. It is Scottish slang from the words "cumb left."
You will not find Cromlech in any of the older dictionary's, it is found in the more modern dictionary as Cromlech is a Trekkie word, or for those of you not in the know, a word commonly heard on Star Trek. Cromlech is a star system that surrounds the Kling On planet.
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