Bear claw

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A bear claw is a sweet breakfast food, popular chiefly on the West Coast of the United States. It is an almond-flavored, yeast-raised pastry shaped in a large, irregular semicircle with slices around the outside, evoking the shape of a bear's claw. Bear claws often contain almond paste or raisins.

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The term bear claw is atypically used in reference to a strategic move in the sport of rowing. The move occurs when a crew attempts to move ahead with 10 or more hard strokes, also known as a Power 10. The call to perform a bear claw is made by the coxswain. A typical coxswain call to perform a bear claw might be, "Reach back for a bear claw in two, in one, on this one!" The bear claw itself is performed by the rowers, which lasts anywhere from 15 seconds to a minute or more, depending on the crew's cadence and whether the crew is competing in a Head Race or a 2000 meter sprint race.

[edit] References

• Dictionary of American Regional English: "Bear claw"