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Definition of Crooknecks
1. crookneck [n] - See also: crookneck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crooknecks
Literary usage of Crooknecks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1848 Agin the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm
thet gran'ther Young Fetched back frum Concord busted. ..."
2. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"The flavor of the squash, when properly prepared and cooked was very superior to
the ordinary summer crooknecks." (20) "The plants were large, vigorous and ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Agin the chimbley crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm
thet gran'ther Young Fetched back fom Concord — busted. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell: With Illustrations by James Russell Lowell (1891)
"An1 In amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther Young Agin' the
chimbly crooknecks hung. Fetched back frum Concord busted. ..."
5. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1891)
"Beams and ceiling were hung with ears of corn, crooknecks, and flitches of meat.
This comestible comfort was typical of the place; the world was hard with ..."
6. Autobiography of Seventy Years by George Frisbie Hoar (1905)
"Agin' the chimbley crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's
arm thet Gran'ther Young Fetched back from Concord busted. ..."
7. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"An' little flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. " Agin the chimbly
crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The old queen's-arm that ..."
8. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1848 Agin the chimbly crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm
thet gran'ther Young Fetched back frum Concord busted. ..."
9. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"The flavor of the squash, when properly prepared and cooked was very superior to
the ordinary summer crooknecks." (20) "The plants were large, vigorous and ..."
10. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Agin the chimbley crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm
thet gran'ther Young Fetched back fom Concord — busted. ..."
11. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell: With Illustrations by James Russell Lowell (1891)
"An1 In amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther Young Agin' the
chimbly crooknecks hung. Fetched back frum Concord busted. ..."
12. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1891)
"Beams and ceiling were hung with ears of corn, crooknecks, and flitches of meat.
This comestible comfort was typical of the place; the world was hard with ..."
13. Autobiography of Seventy Years by George Frisbie Hoar (1905)
"Agin' the chimbley crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's
arm thet Gran'ther Young Fetched back from Concord busted. ..."
14. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"An' little flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. " Agin the chimbly
crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The old queen's-arm that ..."
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