crool

/ (kruːl) /

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verb Australian slang

(tr) to spoildon't crool your chances

crool someone's pitch to spoil an opportunity for someone

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Words nearby crool

Crookes space, Crookes tube, crookneck, crook one's elbow, crook rafter, crool, croon, crooner, crop, crop circle, crop-dust

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How to use crool in a sentence

"B-b-beating my wings against the crool b-b-bars," said Berry.
Berry And Co.|Dornford Yates
His wife beats him "somethink crool," he says; in fact he never knew what real peace meant until war broke out.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 18, 1919|Various
An' he calls on Cap Brice, that was wan iv th' youngest an' tastiest dhressers in th' whole crool an' devastatin' war.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen|Finley Peter Dunne
I don't care so much, but it do upset mother something crool.
New Treasure Seekers|E. (Edith) Nesbit

I've often thought that gert brains, like yours, be a crool burden in such times as these.
The Soul of Susan Yellam|Horace Annesley Vachell