cronkn.

Brit.

/krɒŋk/, U.S.

/krɑŋk/

Etymology: Echoic: compare Icelandic krúnk the raven's cry.

dialect.

The croak of a raven; = crunk n.¹; in U.S. applied to the cry of the wild-goose.

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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call > harsh

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1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Cronk, the hollow note uttered by the raven when on the wing.

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

cronkadj.

Brit.

/krɒŋk/, U.S.

/krɑŋk/, Australian English

/krɔŋk/

Etymology: Compare crank adj.³ 3, 4

Australian colloquial.

Of a horse: unfit to run in a race, or dishonestly run as though unfit; said also of the race. Hence gen., unsound, liable to collapse; also, obtained by fraud.

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1891 N. Gould Double Event xvii He'd never ride another ‘cronk’ race, he vowed.

1892 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Nov. (Funk) ‘Cronk’ financial institutions.

1893 Herald (Melbourne) 4 July 2/7 The word ‘cronk’, Mr. Finlayson explained, meant ‘not honestly come by’.

1900 H. Lawson On Track 39 ‘It's always the way!’..‘I knew the beggar would turn up!..And the only cronk log we've had, too!’

1900 H. Lawson On Track 157 Generosity isn't understood nowadays, and what the people don't understand is either ‘mad’ or ‘cronk’.

1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Oct. 20/4 Snip Sinker..was mostly too lazy or 'ad a cronk wrist or a kink in his back when there were big guns on the board.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cronk
释义	cronkn. Brit. /krɒŋk/, U.S. /krɑŋk/ Etymology: Echoic: compare Icelandic krúnk the raven's cry. dialect. The croak of a raven; = crunk n.¹; in U.S. applied to the cry of the wild-goose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call > harsh shrikingc1374 creaking1575 yawping1576 clang1667 shriek1765 yawp1824 cawk1856 squark1860 crunk1868 cronk1878 squarking1897 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Cronk, the hollow note uttered by the raven when on the wing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cronkadj. Brit. /krɒŋk/, U.S. /krɑŋk/, Australian English /krɔŋk/ Etymology: Compare crank adj.³ 3, 4 Australian colloquial. Of a horse: unfit to run in a race, or dishonestly run as though unfit; said also of the race. Hence gen., unsound, liable to collapse; also, obtained by fraud. ΚΠ 1891 N. Gould Double Event xvii He'd never ride another ‘cronk’ race, he vowed. 1892 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Nov. (Funk) ‘Cronk’ financial institutions. 1893 Herald (Melbourne) 4 July 2/7 The word ‘cronk’, Mr. Finlayson explained, meant ‘not honestly come by’. 1900 H. Lawson On Track 39 ‘It's always the way!’..‘I knew the beggar would turn up!..And the only cronk log we've had, too!’ 1900 H. Lawson On Track 157 Generosity isn't understood nowadays, and what the people don't understand is either ‘mad’ or ‘cronk’. 1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Oct. 20/4 Snip Sinker..was mostly too lazy or 'ad a cronk wrist or a kink in his back when there were big guns on the board. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878adj.1891
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