croquet
noun
a game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.
croquets
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present tense formof croquet (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Greenspan calls the dough for croquets — little more than egg whites and nuts — a “misbehaver,” but mine was, strangely, not.
From Washington Post
We sent out free goat cheese croquets with fresh fig jam to every person who came in to eat.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
If he roquets an enemy's ball, he croquets it, if he wishes, into a disadvantageous position.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
It chose croquets de pomme de terre, which were placed on the chair in a spoon, lest the spirit, whose manners were rustic, should break a plate.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
Let cool, shape into croquets, dip in egg, roll in cracker crumbs, and fry quickly in deep hot fat.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams
