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"crooked" Definition

  1. a term used among dog-stealers and the “fancy” generally, to denote anything stolen. “Got on the CROOK” is exchangeable with “Got on the cross,” CROOK and cross generally being synonymous.

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Position in the dictionary: 841 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: crooky, crop up, cropped, cropper, croppie, cross, cross cove and molisher, cross-buttock, cross-crib, cross.
Previous words in the dictionary: crone, crocus, crocodiles’ tears, croaks, croaker, croak, cripple, crikey, cribbage-faced, crib biter

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