Example sentences for: cragg

How can you use “cragg” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • While I agree with Cragg that “the word is extraordinarily derogatory” and can understand Powers' confusion with Henn's explanation, I still believe Henn has the best explanation for the origin of the word.

  • Re Dan Cragg's letter [XV, 1], he should note that while there are many different views on “the point of the Vietnam war,” those military personnel other than the Vietnamese operating ships and planes “out of our former base complex at Cam Ranh Bay” are Soviet rather than Russian.

  • I have no Korean or Vietnamese dictionaries, but it seems clear to me that the guk of the Korean Myguk (Cragg) and the Vietnamese quoc are all derived from an earlier form of Chinese.

  • DICTIONARY LANGUAGE MEANING MEANING OR SOURCE OR DIALECT `beautiful' `country' Chen Cantonese mei gwok Nelson Japanese bi koku Tan Taiwanese bi kok Stimson Middle mj<###> ku<###>k Chinese Stimson Old Mandarin m<###> kuiiq Stimson Modern m<###> (mei) kue (gwo) (Chen) Chinese [mei] [kuo] Cragg Korean my guk Nguyen & Vietnamese quoc Durand

  • Recent communications by Henn [XIV,3], Cragg [XV,1], and Powers [XV,2] on the origins of `Gook' have led me to research the matter.


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