Crossword clues for marron
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marron \Mar*ron"\, n. [See Maroon, a.]
A large chestnut. [Obs.]
--Holland.A chestnut color; maroon.
(Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon. [Written also maroon.]
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A sweet chestnut. (from 19th c.) Etymology 2
n. (taxlink Cherax tenuimanus species noshow=1), a type of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.
Wikipedia
Marron is a name given to two closely related species of crayfish (also known as yabbies) in Western Australia. Formerly considered a single species, it is now recognised as comprising two species, the critically endangered Cherax tenuimanus, and the species which is outcompeting it, Cherax cainii.
Marron are considered a luxury product and are the subject of a developing aquaculture industry in Western Australia and other Australian states. Total Australian production of farmed marron was 30 tons in 1996. In Western Australia, recreational fishing for marron is tightly controlled, with a limited season, permits are required and minimum sizes are enforced.
Marron have been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia, where they have been commercially farmed, and have established feral populations in local waterways.
Usage examples of "marron".
It would be up to the thuggish pair to dispose of their victim, while Silk Marron went his own way with the remainder of the band.
Jadway had gone through, leaving Silk Marron and his henchmen in the sedan to take care of any suspicious followers.
Jadway ventured in this direction, followed by Silk Marron and an outfit of thugs.
A running fight, with Matt Schedler seeking to draw Silk Marron from the vicinity.
There was a chance that the swindler would come to his house in his usual fashion, unprotected by Silk Marron and the thugs.
Even though he might plan a capture of the mansion, as a hide-out for Silk Marron and the crew, Jadway would first require knowledge of how matters stood at the mansion.
Matt and his crew were to wait for Jadway, who had obviously come without Silk Marron and his band.
The swindler was summoning Silk Marron and the crew from some near-by hide-out.
For Mevrouw van Tecqx she bought a box of marrons glaces, something she had always hankered after herself and had never had.
They lunched at the Glenmoriston Hotel, talking happily about a variety of subjects while they ate smoked salmon flan, steak and kidney pie, and followed these with pears stuffed with marrons glacis and covered with a brandy flavoured cream.
I got up and fetched the tins of cheese straws and marrons glaces from the kitchen, but not the snails.
It must have been ten minutes later, not more, and I had been having QUITE an enjoyable chat with my hostess, and had promised to lend her The Eternal City and my recipe for rabbit mayonnaise, and was just about to offer a kind home for her third Persian kitten, when I perceived, out of the corner of my eye, that Reginald was not where I had left him, and that the marrons glaces were untasted.
While draped over the marrons glaces, three media VIPs parading capricious and exotic swimwear compared upwardly-mobile tattoos and technological toys in streetwise accents.
I got up and fetched the tins of cheese straws and marrons glaces from the kitchen, but not the snails.
On a second inspection the kitchen revealed only some assorted tins of escargots, cheese straws, and marrons glaces.