2. Verb. (third-person singular of crook) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crooks
1. crook [v] - See also: crook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crooks
Literary usage of Crooks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading by Hiram Martin Chittenden (1901)
"crooks AND MCLELLAN. Robert McLellan — crooks and McLellan form a partnership —
Turned back by the Sioux in 1809—Manuel Lisa charged with bad faith — crooks ..."
2. The Canadian Portrait Gallery by John Charles Dent (1880)
"ADAM crooks. THE present Minister of Education for Ontario was born at " The ...
A few facts relating to the career of the late Mr. crooks will form a ..."
3. Dakota War Whoop: Or, Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota, of 1862-3 by Harriet E. Bishop (1864)
"While CoL crooks and his regiment were at the river, General Sibley, becoming
aware of the proximity of Indians, and the dangers which surrounded them, ..."
4. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"As they drew nearer, they were recognized for Mr. crooks and his companions.
When they came opposite, and could make themselves heard across the murmuring ..."
5. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1880)
"... and judged it might lie altered for the tatter in divers turns and crooks in
said road and thro' Beck- [o07] ley's farm, and by a plan laid before this ..."
6. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"You cannot go wrong; these honest men will get the channels ready; you will easily
be able to drive back the two plugs with this pair of iron crooks; ..."
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