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croak⋅er

  [kroh-ker]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that croaks.
2. any of several sciaenoid fishes that make a croaking noise, esp. Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic croaker), found off the Atlantic coast of the southern U.S.
3. a person who grumbles or forebodes evil.
4. Slang. doctor.
Origin:
1630–40; croak + -er 1
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croak·er   (krō'kər)   
n.  

    1. A croaking animal, especially a frog.

    2. A person who grumbles or habitually predicts evil.

  2. Any of various fishes, chiefly of the family Sciaenidae, that make croaking or grunting sounds.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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croaker

  1. n.
    a doctor. : The croaker said my tonsils have to come out.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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