† kroketn.
rare.
? A hook.
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buttonhook1788
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box hook1852
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window pole1888
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 461 A large dyssh..In hyr hand..she held; And in hyr ffyffthe hand a kroket.
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n.1426- to buy on dip
- to buy on margin
- to buy on or at the stub
- to buy on the stump
- to buy or sell stocks
- to buy out
- to buy out of
- to buy outright
- to buy over
- to buy over a person's head
- to buy something over a person's head
- to buy the bargain
- to buy the bargain dear
- to buy the dip
- to buy the etc
- to buy the farm
- to buy the plot
- to buy the rabbit
- to buy the ranch
- to buy timber on the stump
- to buy time
- to buy up
- to buzz in
- to buzz off
- to bêche-de-mer