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Pointy vs Crackow - What's the difference?

pointy | crackow |

As nouns the difference between pointy and crackow

is that pointy is any pointed object while crackow is a type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.

As an adjective pointy

is pointed in shape, having a point or points.

pointy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) pointed in shape, having a point or points

    • Derived terms

    * pointy-eared

    Noun

    (pointies)
  • (informal) Any pointed object.
  • * 2012 , Lou Rain, Family Effects (page 298)
    • Even though Skylar has never had a seizure to my knowledge since the incident in school, she still sees the things she likes to call pointies , just not as many as before, since she started taking the valproic acid, but still there's a few.
  • * 2013 , Jennifer Byrne, The Intrepid Parent's Field Guide to the Baby Kingdom (page 154)
    • Plus, it's likely she will bite you the first few times you try messing with her mouth, so why not get those bites out of the way before the sharp pointies come in?
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    crackow

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cracow * crakow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike
  • * 1827 , Emma Roberts, Memoirs of the rival houses of York and Lancaster , Volume I, Harding and Lepard, page 242:
    • The crackows or piked shoes of Richard II. were rivalled in absurdity by the sleeves which came into fashion in the beginning of his successor’s reign,
  • The pike on this shoe

    • Synonyms

    * (shoe) poulaine * (pike) poulaine