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Crocked

adjective






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"Crocked" Quotes from Famous Books



... up at Merville and now on the way back; not many badly wounded but a great many minor medicals, crocked up, nothing much to be done for them. We may have to fill up at Hazebrouck, which will interrupt the very festive Xmas dinner the French Staff are getting ready for us. It takes a man, French or British, to take decorating really seriously. The orderlies have done wonders with theirs. ...
— Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 • Anonymous

... mule. But I had my own way. It was tough work. I crocked up myself afterwards. And then it was his turn." Max jerked up his head. "After that," he said, "we became pals. He was only my patron before; since, we have been—something ...
— The Keeper of the Door • Ethel M. Dell

... give or take "passes" with quick precision, he was not suited to the three-quarter line; but as a forward he made a reputation second to none of his contemporaries in public-school football. He played for the College 1st XV in three successive seasons, during which he was not once "crocked," nor did he miss a single match. His success in football was an illustration of how a resolute will can triumph over a ...
— War Letters of a Public-School Boy • Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones



Words linked to "Crocked" :   vernacular, fuddled, cant, drunk, jargon, lingo, intoxicated, argot, patois, inebriated, slang



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