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a chosen tribe that makes any disaster survivable and any survival worth bragging about.
means a group of people who work, sail, or hang out together as a unit, bound by shared task or shared loyalty.
from From Middle French 'creue,' meaning an increase or reinforcement — literally a band of soldiers raised to swell the ranks. That comes from the verb 'creistre,' to grow, a descendant of Latin 'crescere' (to grow, increase), making 'crew' a distant cousin of 'crescent' and 'increase.' So a crew was originally extra bodies brought in to make a force bigger; the sense narrowed to a ship's company of sailors, then broadened back out to mean any tight band of your people.
- origin
- From French 'creue,' meaning a military reinforcement.
- skeleton crew
- Minimum staff needed to keep something barely alive.
- rowing
- A crew can pull a boat 22 km per hour.
- film sets
- A single movie crew may exceed 3,000 people.
- crew cut
- Named for 1920s rowers who shaved heads for speed.
oxford cambridge boat race — annual rowing competition between universities on the thames since 1829
us olympic rowing team — won 30 gold medals in rowing at summer olympics through 2020
henley royal regatta — premier rowing event on the thames in england, founded 1839