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croc

[ krok ]

noun

, Informal.


croc

/ krɒk /

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Word History and Origins

Origin of croc1

First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening

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Example Sentences

Du Croc remonstrated, “but the Lords answered they could not stop the mouths of ministers to speak against themselves.”

With his moustache en croc, and his shoebrush hair, I have rarely beheld a more sensual-looking desperado.

Father Claude, who was loading and firing a long arquebuse à croc, had risen above this difficulty by heaping a pile of stones.

Le Croc, the aged and venerable French embassador, made a great effort to effect an accommodation and prevent a battle.

As a witness, he cites du Croc, the French Ambassador, an aged and sagacious man.

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