early crow

noun

Etymology

From horse racing slang, in reference to race callers prematurely declaring that a horse will win.

Definitions

  1. A confident prediction of an outcome that later proves incorrect.

    • A state treasurer has declared mission accomplished on getting the budget back in the black but experts warn she might have gone the early crow.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for early crow. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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