croc

[ krok ]

nounInformal.

Origin of croc

1
First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening

Words Nearby croc

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How to use croc in a sentence

  • Du croc remonstrated, “but the Lords answered they could not stop the mouths of ministers to speak against themselves.”

  • With his moustache en croc, and his shoebrush hair, I have rarely beheld a more sensual-looking desperado.

    Simon the Jester | William J. Locke
  • Father Claude, who was loading and firing a long arquebuse à croc, had risen above this difficulty by heaping a pile of stones.

    The Road to Frontenac | Samuel Merwin
  • Le croc, the aged and venerable French embassador, made a great effort to effect an accommodation and prevent a battle.

  • As a witness, he cites du croc, the French Ambassador, an aged and sagacious man.

British Dictionary definitions for croc

croc

/ (krɒk) /


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