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cry(-)baby

['kraɪˌbeɪbɪ]

сущ.; разг.

плакса, рёва

Examples from texts

He left me a thin, consumptive cry-baby of seventeen.
— Ведь он меня семнадцатилетнюю, тоненькую, чахоточную плаксу оставил.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
So they all made fun of him, and called him cry-baby, and that made him mad, and he said he would go straight and tell all the secrets.
Все подняли его на смех и стали дразнить плаксой, а он надулся и сказал, что сейчас же пойдет и выдаст все наши тайны.
Twain, Mark / Huckleberry FinnТвен, Марк / Приключения Гекльберри Финна
Приключения Гекльберри Финна
Твен, Марк
© «Государственное издательство художественной литературы», 1960
Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark
© 2004 BookSurge LLC
"Come, not done howling yet, cry-baby!" cried Kuzmitchov.
- Ну, не отревелся еще, рёва! - сказал Кузьмичов.
Чехов, А.П. / СтепьChekhov, A. / The steppe
The steppe
Chekhov, A.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Степь
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1974

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'kraɪˌbeɪbɪNounплакса; рёва

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cry-baby

noun
SingularPlural
Common casecry-babycry-babies
Possessive casecry-baby'scry-babies'