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A large can used to hold craft beer. DTLHS (talk) 17:20, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
cited Kiwima (talk) 22:12, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for citing that, @Kiwima. The first cite listed has growler in the text but not crowler, was that a typo? - TheDaveRoss 00:11, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, sorry about that. Kiwima (talk) 00:17, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
- Etymology 2 is a rare error for crawler: compare this vs. this. There are some hemipteran insects that have a stage that crawls around looking for a good spot, then attaches itself and transforms into a stationary form- scale insects are the best known, but whiteflies have a crawler stage, a stationary stage, and finally a free-flying adult stage. From this, it should be obvious that their name comes from their being a stage that crawls- not
crowls. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:53, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
RFV-resolved. Kiwima (talk) 18:41, 28 November 2018 (UTC)