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arm in crook

arm in crook adverb: with arms linked together.

Adverb

arm in crook (not comparable)

  1. (UK, dated, dialectal) With arms linked together.
    • We were determined not to let go of one another this time, so we went on, arm in crook again;1849, Anne Beale, Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry, London: George Routledge, No. 5, p. 104
    • ‘The proper way is for the bridesmaids to walk together,’ suggested Fancy.
      ‘What? ’Twas always young man and young woman, arm in crook, in my time!’ said Geoffrey, astounded.1872, [Thomas Hardy], chapter I, in Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, part V, pages 198–199
    Synonyms:
    arm in arm

Synonyms of arm in crook

Questions about arm in crook

What does arm in crook mean?
Arm in crook means with arms linked together.
What part of speech is arm in crook?
Arm in crook is an adverb.

Words near arm in crook in the dictionary

  1. arm guard
  2. arm guards
  3. arm hole
  4. arm holes
  5. arm in arm
  6. arm in crook
  7. Arm of Finland
  8. arm of flesh
  9. arm out
  10. arm pit
  11. arm pits

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