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croc
[ krok ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of croc1
First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening
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Example Sentences
Du Croc remonstrated, “but the Lords answered they could not stop the mouths of ministers to speak against themselves.”
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With his moustache en croc, and his shoebrush hair, I have rarely beheld a more sensual-looking desperado.
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Father Claude, who was loading and firing a long arquebuse à croc, had risen above this difficulty by heaping a pile of stones.
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Le Croc, the aged and venerable French embassador, made a great effort to effect an accommodation and prevent a battle.
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As a witness, he cites du Croc, the French Ambassador, an aged and sagacious man.
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