Talk:crook
In Australia, to be crook is to be ill. I CBA reading up on how I'm supposed to add to wiktionary, but if someone else can.
"Quotations" edit
The things under the "Quotations" heading which are still to be sorted, also apply to New Zealand English, not just Australian.
To be crook, as in sick. edit
In Australia, New Zealand and other colonies of England the term crook means to be sick. In historic literature prior to the 19th century the term appears in contemporaneous English too. It derives its origin from the same root as German krank, to be sick. 121.210.33.50 19:55, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense: A gibbet. - I've searched for this on more than one occasion, never being satisfied. RFV time Notusbutthem (talk) 15:38, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 20:43, 27 December 2021 (UTC)