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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Crook #109395 08/08/03 02:09 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Crooked means grumpy, bad-tempered, in Newfoundland English. I suppose being sick (ill) could make one crooked but the Dictionary of Newfoundland English doesn't give a derivation for this word, so no clues there. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Crook Capfka 08/05/03 02:14 PM Re: Crook wwh 08/05/03 03:14 PM Re: Crook Jackie 08/07/03 01:52 AM Re: Crook of troy 08/07/03 02:10 AM regional variation wofahulicodoc 08/14/03 08:26 PM Re: regional variation doc_comfort 08/22/03 05:34 AM Re: regional variation wow 08/22/03 01:00 PM Re: Crook Bean 08/08/03 02:09 PM Re: Crook Jackie 08/10/03 02:12 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,975 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,872 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,944 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,952 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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