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
Potatoes, croquets of ib. ——, to fry ib. ——, to mash 139 ——, French way of cooking ib. ——, à-la-maitre d’hotel ib.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury
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
Having drained the parsley, cover the bottom of a dish with it, and lay the croquets upon it.
From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Eliza Leslie
