a crook

  • 71Crook — 1. dishonest person; 2. criminal; thief or swindler; 3. not good, sick: feel crook ; 4. bad: crook weather ; 5. not functioning; 6. difficult: crook job ; 7. angry: Don t go crook on him …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 72crook — I Australian Slang 1. dishonest person; 2. criminal; thief or swindler; 3. not good, sick: feel crook ; 4. bad: crook weather ; 5. not functioning; 6. difficult: crook job ; 7. angry: Don t go crook on him II Canadian Slang a thief or a criminal …

    English dialects glossary

  • 73crook — 01. He s a real [crook] who steals from everyone he can. 02. [Crooked] policemen in this town are arresting drug dealers and taking all the drugs to sell themselves. 03. My grandfather doesn t vote because he thinks that all politicians are… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 74crook — Bad, unpleasant or unsatisfactory: Things were crook on the land in the seventies. Crook means bad in a general sense, and also in more specific senses too: unwell or injured (a crook knee), and dishonest or illegal (he was accused of crook… …

    Australian idioms

  • 75Crook frame — A Crook Frame or Cruck is the timber framing or ‘structure’ of a building which consists of long, generally bent, timber beams that lean inwards and form the ridge of the roof. These posts are then generally secured by a horizontal beam which… …

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  • 76Crook County — Es gibt in den USA zwei Countys mit dem Namen Crook County: Crook County (Oregon) Crook County (Wyoming) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 77crook — crook1 /krook/, n. 1. a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook. 2. the hooked part of anything. 3. an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd s staff hooked at one end or the crosier of a bishop or… …

    Universalium

  • 78Crook and Willington Urban District — Coordinates: 54°42′36″N 1°42′32″W / 54.710°N 1.709°W / 54.710; 1.709 Crook and Willington was an …

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  • 79crook — crook1 [kruk] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: krokr hook ] 1.) informal a dishonest person or a criminal ▪ The crooks got away across the park. 2.) a long stick with a curved end, used by people who look after sheep 3.) the crook of your …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 80crook — crook1 [ kruk ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL someone who is dishonest, especially someone who uses their position of power for their own personal advantage: the bunch of crooks who run the government a ) a criminal, especially one who steals money 2 …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English