CROTCHET

PRONUNCIATION: (KRAH-chit)

MEANING: noun:
1. An eccentric opinion, preference, or habit.
2. In music, a quarter note.
3. A small hook or hooklike device or structure.

ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French crochet (small hook), diminutive of croc (hook), from Old Norse krókr (hook). Earliest documented use: c. 1427.
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CROTCHEST - 1. having the most bifurcations; 2. in which a black bird keeps its trinkets

CROAT, CHET - Frank and Joe Hardy answer their friend's question about Slavic nationality

SCROTCHET - what you do to an itch