a crook
81crook — 1 noun (C) 1 informal someone who is dishonest: I wouldn t buy a car from them they re a bunch of crooks. 2 a long stick with a curved end, used by people who look after sheep 3 the crook of your arm the part of your arm where it bends, used for… …
82crook — n., v., & adj. n. 1 the hooked staff of a shepherd or bishop. 2 a a bend, curve, or hook. b anything hooked or curved. 3 colloq. a a rogue; a swindler. b a professional criminal. v.tr. & intr. bend, curve. adj. 1 crooked. 2 Austral. & NZ colloq.… …
83crook — I. verb Date: 12th century transitive verb bend intransitive verb curve, wind II. noun Etymology: Middle English crok, from Old Norse krōkr hook Date: 13th century …
84Crook's Corner — Als Crook’s Corner wird ein Platz auf einer Landzunge im äußersten Norden des Kruger Nationalparks (in der „Makuleke Concession“) am Zusammenfluss der Flüsse Limpopo und Luvuvhu, der das Dreiländereck Südafrika Simbabwe Mosambik markiert,… …
85Crook’s Corner — Als Crook’s Corner wird ein Platz auf einer Landzunge im äußersten Norden des Kruger Nationalparks (in der „Makuleke Concession“) am Zusammenfluss der Flüsse Limpopo und Luvuvhu, der das Dreiländereck Südafrika Simbabwe Mosambik markiert,… …
86Crook, George — ▪ United States army officer born Sept. 23, 1829, near Dayton, Ohio, U.S. died March 21, 1890, Chicago, Ill. American army officer in the American Civil War and in the Indian conflicts of the West. General William Tecumseh Sherman called him the …
87Crook — This unusual and interesting name has two possible related, origins. The first of these is a medieval topographical surname, denoting residence from the Middle English word crok , from the Old Norse krokr . The name may also be a metonymic… …
88crook — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (informal) ADJECTIVE ▪ small time ▪ corporate VERB + CROOK ▪ catch {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Crook is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ …
89Crook — Original name in latin Crook Name in other language Crook State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 54.7 latitude 1.73333 altitude 162 Population 8573 Date 2012 04 05 …
90crook — [12] A crook ‘criminal’ is almost literally a ‘bent’ person. The underlying meaning of the word is ‘bend, curve, hook’, as can be seen in other applications such as ‘shepherd’s staff with a crooked end’, and particularly in the derivative crooked …
