crutch
noun
verb (used with object)
Origin of crutch
Examples from the Web for crutch
Contemporary Examples of crutch
After my crying spell stopped, I gritted my teeth, tucked my crutch under my right arm, and turned to my husband.
“Sometimes swearing is a crutch that can be leaned on rather than used for emphasis,” he says.
Although I do love, I think that sometimes swearing is a crutch that can be leaned on rather than used for emphasis.
Even if it was a crutch, the Biblical language in these older writings did justice to the enormity of the forces at play.
Polar Explorer vs. Reality TV Crew: Tim Jarvis in the Footsteps of ShackletonDarrell Hartman
January 12, 2014
In fact, Britney Jean is least enjoyable when Spears, on occasion, reverts to the Auto-Tune crutch.
Historical Examples of crutch
But just as the former is not necessarily a crutch, so the latter was not necessarily a cross.
The Non-Christian CrossJohn Denham Parsons
With these words he took an iron poker and fashioned it into a crutch for himself.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
How he tried all kinds of artifices, as he leaned on his crutch, and all in vain!
A Hero of Our TimeM. Y. Lermontov
The publican, who carried a stick, was drunk, and the "knocker-up" was staggering on a crutch.
The ChristianHall Caine
The "knocker-up" lifted his crutch and with the upper end of it he battered at the dog's brains.
The ChristianHall Caine