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"Crikey" is a term used to express surprise or warning, e.g. "Crikey, that's a big crocodile!" or "Crikey, watch out for that crocodile!"

Crocodile-hunter Steve Irwin used the expression particularly often, but it is not as commonly used as non-Australians believe.

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