croakern.

Brit.

/ˈkrəʊkə/, U.S.

/ˈkroʊkər/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s croker.

Etymology: < croak v. + -er suffix¹.

1. An animal that croaks; applied spec. to several North American fishes, also to the Mole Cricket.

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the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun]

whalec950

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sprout1340

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tuck-fish1681

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Negro fish1735

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stocker1904

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog

froshc1000

frouda1200

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Dutch nightingale1769

froggy?1800

fen-nightingalea1825

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greenback1876

1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd (1665) 11 While the long Vale with big-voiced Croakers [i.e. frogs] rings.

1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 625 In the Creeks are great store of small fish, as Perches, Crokers, Taylors, Eels.

1784 Mortimer Carolina in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 38 315 Perca marina..the Croker.

1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands viii. 158 The Mole Cricket, called in some places the Croaker or Churr-worm on account of the peculiar sound which it produces.

1883 Official Catal. Internat. Fisheries Exhib. (ed. 4) 170 Salt-water fishes..Grunts, Croakers, and Drummers..the three last deriving their names from the sounds they utter when caught.

2. transferred. One who talks dismally or despondingly, one who forebodes or prophesies evil.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts > misfortune

scritch owl1595

screech owl1602

raven1606

croaker1637

Balaam1649

prophet of doom1862

Doomie1945

1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 20/1 A malignant and corrupt..brood of Crokers.

a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 60 There are Croakers in every Country always boding its Ruin.

1850 T. A. Trollope Impress. Wanderer v. 57 A few timid croakers shake their heads.

3. slang. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 133 Croaker, a dying person beyond hope; a corpse.

1892 Star 28 May 2/7 The cow was a ‘croker’, a beast killed to save it from dying.

4. slang. A doctor, physician; esp. a prison doctor. Now chiefly U.S. Cf. crocus n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > attending specific patients

kitchen physician1616

archiater1634

school doctor1857

croaker1859

attending1883

right croaker1929

1859 in J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 26.

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 281/1 One man who had put his name for the ‘butcher’ or croaker, would suddenly find that he had three ounces of bread less to receive.

1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route vii. 71 Every doctor, known among the hobos as the ‘croaker’ or ‘pill peddler’.

a1935 D. Runyon More than Somewhat (1937) 12 She..goes..to get a croaker to see if my wounds are fatal.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues vii. 95 The most he needed was some bicarbonate of soda and a physic, not a croaker.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	croaker
释义	croakern. Brit. /ˈkrəʊkə/, U.S. /ˈkroʊkər/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s croker. Etymology: < croak v. + -er suffix¹. 1. An animal that croaks; applied spec. to several North American fishes, also to the Mole Cricket. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun] whalec950 tumbrelc1300 sprout1340 squame1393 codmop1466 whitefish1482 lineshark?a1500 salen1508 glaucus1509 bretcock1522 warcodling1525 razor1530 bassinatc1540 goldeney1542 smy1552 maiden1555 grail1587 whiting1587 needle1589 pintle-fish1591 goldfish1598 puffin fish1598 quap1598 stork1600 black-tail1601 ellops1601 fork-fish1601 sea-grape1601 sea-lizard1601 sea-raven1601 barne1602 plosher1602 whale-mouse1607 bowman1610 catfish1620 hog1620 kettle-fish1630 sharpa1636 carda1641 housewifea1641 roucotea1641 ox-fisha1642 sea-serpent1646 croaker1651 alderling1655 butkin1655 shamefish1655 yard1655 sea-dart1664 sea-pelican1664 Negro1666 sea-parrot1666 sea-blewling1668 sea-stickling1668 skull-fish1668 whale's guide1668 sennet1671 barracuda1678 skate-bread1681 tuck-fish1681 swallowtail1683 piaba1686 pit-fish1686 sand-creeper1686 horned hog1702 soldier1704 sea-crowa1717 bran1720 grunter1726 calcops1727 bennet1731 bonefish1734 Negro fish1735 isinglass-fish1740 orb1740 gollin1747 smelt1776 night-walker1777 water monarch1785 hardhead1792 macaw-fish1792 yellowback1796 sea-raven1797 blueback1812 stumpnose1831 flat1847 butterfish1849 croppie1856 gubbahawn1857 silt1863 silt-snapper1863 mullet-head1866 sailor1883 hogback1893 skipper1898 stocker1904 the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog froshc1000 frouda1200 toada1300 paddockc1300 paddoc1480 hipfrog1611 croaker1651 Dutch nightingale1769 froggy?1800 fen-nightingalea1825 yellowbellyc1825 greenback1876 1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd (1665) 11 While the long Vale with big-voiced Croakers [i.e. frogs] rings. 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 625 In the Creeks are great store of small fish, as Perches, Crokers, Taylors, Eels. 1784 Mortimer Carolina in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 38 315 Perca marina..the Croker. 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands viii. 158 The Mole Cricket, called in some places the Croaker or Churr-worm on account of the peculiar sound which it produces. 1883 Official Catal. Internat. Fisheries Exhib. (ed. 4) 170 Salt-water fishes..Grunts, Croakers, and Drummers..the three last deriving their names from the sounds they utter when caught. 2. transferred. One who talks dismally or despondingly, one who forebodes or prophesies evil. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts > misfortune scritch owl1595 screech owl1602 raven1606 croaker1637 Balaam1649 prophet of doom1862 Doomie1945 1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 20/1 A malignant and corrupt..brood of Crokers. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 60 There are Croakers in every Country always boding its Ruin. 1850 T. A. Trollope Impress. Wanderer v. 57 A few timid croakers shake their heads. 3. slang. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 133 Croaker, a dying person beyond hope; a corpse. 1892 Star 28 May 2/7 The cow was a ‘croker’, a beast killed to save it from dying. 4. slang. A doctor, physician; esp. a prison doctor. Now chiefly U.S. Cf. crocus n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > attending specific patients kitchen physician1616 archiater1634 school doctor1857 croaker1859 attending1883 right croaker1929 1859 in J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 26. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 281/1 One man who had put his name for the ‘butcher’ or croaker, would suddenly find that he had three ounces of bread less to receive. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route vii. 71 Every doctor, known among the hobos as the ‘croaker’ or ‘pill peddler’. a1935 D. Runyon More than Somewhat (1937) 12 She..goes..to get a croaker to see if my wounds are fatal. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues vii. 95 The most he needed was some bicarbonate of soda and a physic, not a croaker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1637
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