crack n.2
1. a fool.
![]() | Lanthorne and Candle-Light Ch. 2: A Foyst nor a Nip shall not walke into a Fayre or a Play-house, but euery cracke will cry looke to your Purses. | |
![]() | The Wandering Jew 40: Who is this Ioculo? A melancholy Hee-Cat (sir) said the cracke. | |
![]() | Apollo’s Feast 24: Will, as arch a crack as any in this Town. | |
![]() | quoted in Annandale n.p.: I cannot get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack [F&H]. | |
![]() | Da Bomb 🌐 7: Crack: Nutcase; a person who lacks good judgment. |
2. (Aus.) a prostitute’s client.
![]() | Drag Queen Scene 107: The girls generally have a low opinion of the men who seek out prostitutes, as is seen by the terms they give them, like ‘mugs’, ‘cracks’ and ‘gutter-crawlers’ [Simes:DLSS]. |