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91crook — I. n. 1. Bend, flexure, curvature, turn. 2. Bent staff, shepherd s crook, bishop s crook or staff. 3. Trick, artifice, machination. II. v. a. Bend, curve, incurvate, bow, inflect, make crooked. III. v. n. Bend, curve, become crooked, wind, turn …
92Crook — (By hook or by crook) Dispensation permitting villagers to gather firewood from woodlands, but using only their hook and crook. Effectively permitted the collection of dead branches from the trees …
93crook — 1. noun 1) informal a small time crook Syn: criminal, lawbreaker, offender, villain, delinquent, felon, convict, malefactor, culprit, wrongdoer; rogue, scoundrel, shyster, cheat, scam artist, swindler …
94Crook County — 1 Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Crook County Country and Admin Code US.OR.013 US 2 Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Crook County Country and Admin Code US.WY.011 US …
95crook — I [[t]krʊk[/t]] n. 1) a bent or curved implement, appendage, etc.; hook 2) the hooked part of anything 3) an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a bishop s crosier 4) a dishonest person, esp. a swindler or thief 5) a bend or… …
96crook — [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 …
97crook, you — American slang for a criminal since the 1870s, and used in Britain with a similar meaning since the 1890s, but not frequent as a vocative. ‘You dirty crook’ occurs in Daughters of Mulberry, by Roger Longrigg, used by a woman to a man she is… …
98crook — See: BY HOOK OR BY CROOK …
99crook — See: BY HOOK OR BY CROOK …
100crook — n. [ON. krokr, crook] A hook; recurved tip; bend or curve …
