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  • 1finger — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ first, index, pointer (AmE) ▪ middle ▪ ring, third, wedding ▪ …

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  • 2crook — 1 noun (C) 1 informal someone who is dishonest: I wouldn t buy a car from them they re a bunch of crooks. 2 a long stick with a curved end, used by people who look after sheep 3 the crook of your arm the part of your arm where it bends, used for… …

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  • 3crook — crook1 [kruk] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: krokr hook ] 1.) informal a dishonest person or a criminal ▪ The crooks got away across the park. 2.) a long stick with a curved end, used by people who look after sheep 3.) the crook of your …

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  • 4Crook — Crook, v. i. To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. The port . . . crooketh like a bow. Phaer. [1913 Webster] Their shoes and pattens are snouted, and piked more than a finger long, crooking upwards. Camden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5crook — ► NOUN 1) a shepherd s hooked staff. 2) a bishop s crozier. 3) a bend, especially at the elbow in a person s arm. 4) informal a criminal or dishonest person. ► VERB ▪ bend (something, especially a finger). ► ADJECTIVE Austral./NZ …

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  • 6The Black Bat — was the name of two characters featured in different pulp magazine series in the 1930s which had nothing to do with each other.The first Black BatHe appeared in Black Bat Detective Mysteries , a short lived pulp which saw six issues, all written… …

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  • 7crook — [[t]kr ʊk[/t]] crooks, crooking, crooked 1) N COUNT A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal. [INFORMAL] The man is a crook and a liar... Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences. 2) N COUNT: usu sing, the N of n The… …

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  • 8crook — I UK [krʊk] / US noun [countable] Word forms crook : singular crook plural crooks 1) a) informal someone who is dishonest, especially someone who uses their position of power for their own personal advantage the bunch of crooks who run the… …

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  • 9Minor characters in the Blandings stories — The following is an incomplete compendium of the fictional characters featured in the Blandings Castle stories of P. G. Wodehouse, in alphabetical order by surname. Lady Georgiana Alcester One of Lord Emsworth s many sisters, Lady Alcester is… …

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  • 10crook — crook1 [ kruk ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL someone who is dishonest, especially someone who uses their position of power for their own personal advantage: the bunch of crooks who run the government a ) a criminal, especially one who steals money 2 …

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