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"croaker" Definition

  1. one who takes a desponding view of everything, a misanthrope; an alarmist. From the croaking of a raven.—_Ben Jonson._
  2. a beggar.
  3. a dying person beyond hope; a corpse. The latter is generally called a “stiff’un.”

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Position in the dictionary: 836 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: croaks, crocodiles’ tears, crocus, crone, crooked, crooky, crop up, cropped, cropper, croppie
Previous words in the dictionary: croak, cripple, crikey, cribbage-faced, crib biter, crib, cream of the valley, crawly mawly, crawler, craw thumper

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