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kroo

kroo noun: an obsolete African unit of measure, varying by the type of produce.

Noun (1)

kroo (plural kroos or kroo)

  1. An obsolete African unit of measure, varying by the type of produce.
    • I raised, last year, rice, potatoes, and cassada, of which I had an abundance for my own use and a quantity for sale. I sold over 100 kroos of sweet potatoes, fifty kroos of cassada and fifty kroos of rice. Potatoes are worth 25 cents per kroo; cassada, 18 cents, and rice, half cleaned, $1.1845, The African Repository

Noun (2) capitalized: Kroo

Kroo pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Archaic form of Kru (“West African people”).

Forms of kroo

pluralkroos
pluralkroo

Words formed from kroo

Questions about kroo

What does kroo mean?
Kroo means an obsolete African unit of measure, varying by the type of produce.
What part of speech is kroo?
Kroo is a noun.
What is the plural of kroo?
The plural of kroo is kroos.

Words near kroo in the dictionary

  1. Krons
  2. Kronshtadt
  3. Kronstadt
  4. kronur
  5. kronurs
  6. kroo
  7. Krooman
  8. Kroomen
  9. kroon
  10. krooni
  11. kroons

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