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kroos

kroos is the plural of kroo.

Meaning of kroo

Noun

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

Questions about kroos

What is kroos the plural of?
Kroos is the plural of kroo.

Words near kroos in the dictionary

  1. Kroomen
  2. kroon
  3. krooni
  4. kroons
  5. Kroonstad
  6. kroos
  7. Krop
  8. kropeck
  9. kropecks
  10. kropek
  11. kropeks

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