crayon-eater

A form of crayon eater — An unintelligent or mentally disabled person.

Meanings

nouncrayon-eater (plural crayon-eaters)

plural crayon-eaters

  1. alternativeAlternative form of crayon eater.

    I’d heard so many stories about how Kingston turned from shining city into slurry of shit. The Modern Luddites did it. The irony of their name completely lost on them. Bunch of crayon-eaters.

    2018, Eli Allison, Sour Fruit, London: Unbound, →ISBN
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    Guys like Huey and Naldo, and he had to assume Cadmus, usually were off to the races the minute they got an idea. “He said just call him when we’re ready to go,” Huey said. “Just like we’ll call you,” Naldo told Clack. The two of them, crayon-eaters, the brains of the outfit.

    2010 October, Joseph Flynn, Pointy Teeth: Twelve Bite-Size Stories, revised edition, Springfield, Ill.: Stray Dog Press, Inc., →ISBN

    [Stephen] McWhinnie, who serves on the Gilmanton School Board’s High School Options Committee, said “We are 100 percent behind getting students where they need to go. I mean, we aren’t going to transport a crayon-eater to Manchester, but we will get someone with a chance at advancing their education the transportation they need,” according to a letter from Ron O’Connor.

    2018 September 15, Nick Stoico, “Parents seek apology from select board chair over alleged use of slur”, in Concord Monitor, Concord, N.H., page A8, column 5
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