Krick

"It must be 'krick' indeed," said Aunt Emma, "if we want to get home to-night." ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

The vulgar American pronunciation often shows itself, as in heist for hoist and krick for creek. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

Krick -- krick -- krick, there, she is talking; that's her way of saying ❋ Margaret Warner Morley (1890)

"Then they would put us into some black boxes," said Olly, cheerfully, with his mouth full of bread and butter, "and they would put the black boxes into some boats, and take us right away and bury us krick -- wouldn't they, mother?" ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

Mother, the fly-catchers do fly so krick; I can't see them sometimes when they're flying, they go so fast. ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

"If we were in there now," said Olly, watching the river with great excitement, "the water would push us down krick! and the fishes would come and etten us all up." ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

Olly begged nurse to put him to bed very early, that he might "wake up krick" -- quick was a word Olly never could say. ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

"Sometimes I goes a-fishin on the krick, and sometimes I plays marvels," replied Wat, gaping extensively as he spoke. ❋ Unknown (1845)

Then I struck for the mountain country high up in Jurgy, and I finds me a place by the side of a nice big krick; and thinks I, nobody never kin pester me here, certain; for ef they git down in the bottom, they'll be overflowed, and ef they ondertake to bild housen on the hill-sides, they're so durned, infernal steep, they'll have to rope 'em to the trees! ❋ Unknown (1845)

It's just not cricket has nothing to do with the insect (from an onomatopoeia, via French criquet), but with the game (Flemish krick, a "stick," via an archaic French word for goal post). ❋ Unknown (1985)

-- come over, as I was a-sayin, and you kin take the sensis of the whole krick at one settin, and buss all the gals besides, he! ❋ Unknown (1845)

Valley” being one of the few phrases where the typical Edina resident would pronounce it “kreek” instead of “krick” to drive circles in the recent snowfall in their asphalt-covered portion of the playground, we always referred to it as “doing donuts”. ❋ Unknown (2002)

"D-- n it," thought Suggs, "ef I only had you down in the krick swamp for a minit or so, I'd show you who's old! ❋ Unknown (1881)

And yer uncle Kit will tell you how he and his Jim fooled the man from the big-norrod outen Fiddler Bill, as we go 'long; and Becky Kent will tell you 'bout the frolic me and her had in the krick, the time she started to mill and didn't git thar, yah, yah, e-- e-- e-- yah! " ❋ Unknown (1845)

Given the strong medieval trade connections between south-east England and the County of Flanders when the latter belonged to the Duchy of Burgundy, the name may have been derived from the Middle Dutch [28] krick (- e), meaning a stick (crook); or the Old English cricc or cryce meaning a crutch or staff. [ ❋ Unknown (2010)

"You see that krick swamp?" asked Suggs - "I'm gwine down in thar, and I'd gwine to lay this money down so" - showing how he would place it on the ground - "and I'm gwine to git on these here knees" - slapping the right one - "and I'm n-e-v-e-r gwine to quit the grit ontwell I feel it's got the blessin '! ❋ Unknown (2009)