crocn.
/krɒk/, U.S. /krɑk/ colloquial.
1.
a. = crocodile n. 1a.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > suborder Eusuchia > family Crocodylidae > member of (crocodile)
crocodilec1300
cockatricec1450
emydosaurian1837
rhombifer1875
croc1884
1884 C. B. Lewis Sawed-off Sketches 133 ‘You'll be sure to agree with me,’ muttered the old Croc. as he chewed him down.
1921 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 102/1 The ‘croc’ is the one African animal regarding which nobody has any idea of sportsmanship.
1925 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 419/1 With loud yells to scare away any crocs that might be lurking round.
1936 P. M. Clark Autobiogr. Old Drifter x. 135 Leaving the corpses of many crocs lying about behind us.
1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo iv. 60 The head of a croc spear is detachable, like that of an old-fashioned whaler's harpoon.
b. = crocodile n. 1c; esp. in mock croc, imitation crocodile-skin.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > imitation or substitute
pannus corium1841
pancake1875
Rexine1903
Vynide1943
mock croc1963
1963 Honey Oct. 59 Boots—in mock-croc.
1963 Honey Oct. 69/4 Mock-croc bag.
1967 Woman 9 Dec. 11/2 Chic burgundy mock croc shoes.
2. = crocodile n. 4.
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society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > procession
processionOE
drightfarea1225
precessiona1400
processionc1400
walking1449
train1489
walk1563
processioning1593
band1611
solemnity1636
proceeding1660
cavalcade1670
parade1673
cortège1679
processionade1762
processional1820
crocodile1891
ram1912
processing1920
paseo1927
croc1948
1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair ii. 27 An ordinary sort of girl, after all. Not the sort you would notice in a croc.
1958 Listener 6 Nov. 722/2 Walking in a school croc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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