crook
crook
englantiroisto
Liittyvät sanat: crook handle
Synonyymisanakirja
crook
käyräsauva, paimensauva, keppi, sauva, rikoskumppani, rikostoveri, osasyyllinen, rikokseen osallinen, avunantaja, tuhopolttaja, murhapolttaja, pyromaani, kiristäjä, trokari, salakauppias, rikollinen, roisto, lainsuojaton, pahantekijä, kriminaali, konna.
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Englannin sanakirja
crook (englanti > suomi)
crook englanniksi
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(rfdate) (w)
A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
(RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt)
puhekieltä A gibbet.
puhekieltä A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
1970, The New English Bible with the Apocrypha, Oxford Study Edition, published 1976, Oxford University Press, Psalms 23-4, p.583:
A bishop's staff of office.
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
1973 November 17, (w), reported 1973 November 18, The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/111873-1.htm Nixon Tells Editors, ‘Im Not a Crook’'',
A pothook.
(rfdate) Sir (w)
puhekieltä A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
puhekieltä To bend.
He crooked his finger toward me.
c. 1600, (w), (w), Act III, Scene 2, http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=hamlet&Scope=entire&pleasewait=1&msg=pl
1784, (w), Songs from (w), in Blake: The Complete Poems, edited by W. H. Stevenson, Routledge, 3rd edition, 2007, p. 50,
1917, w:Leo Tolstoy|Leo Tolstoy, w:Constance Garnett|Constance Garnett (translator) s:Anna Karenina|Anna Karenina, Part 4, Chapter 5,
To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
1545, (w), Toxophilus, edited by (w), Westminster: A. Constable & Co., 1895, pp. 57-8, https://archive.org/details/RogerAschamToxophilus1545
1597, (w), "Of Wisdom For a Man's Self," w:Essays (Francis Bacon)|The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/575/575-h/575-h.htm
puhekieltä Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
That work you did on my car is crook, mate
Not turning up for training was pretty crook.
Things are crook at Tallarook.
2004, w:Robert Barnard|Robert Barnard, A Cry from the Dark, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NoOp5G-CGqQC&pg=PA21&dq=%22are be+crook+at%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R4QzT82mDY7qmAWVqN2DAg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22are|be%20crook%20at%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 21,
I′m feeling a bit crook.
puhekieltä annoyed Annoyed, angry; upset.
be crook at/about; go crook at
2006, Jimmy Butt, Felicity Dargan, Ive Been Bloody Lucky: The Story of an Orphan Named Jimmy Butt'', http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hpLU50pmCs0C&pg=PA17&dq=%22go gone|went+crook+at%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0oUzT8KBE4X5mAX58pWJAg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22go|gone|went%20crook%20at%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 17,
2007, Jo Wainer, Bess, Lost: Illegal Abortion Stories, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ln97vrDVN58C&pg=PA159&dq=%22go gone|went+crook+at%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0oUzT8KBE4X5mAX58pWJAg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22go|gone|went%20crook%20at%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 159,
2007, Ruby Langford Ginibi, Don′t Take Your Love to Town, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6xEKJLBTnkQC&pg=PA100&dq=%22go gone|went+crook+at%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KYozT_ndH8_omAX1ovSSAg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22go|gone|went%20crook%20at%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 100,
2009, Carolyn Landon, Cups With No Handles: Memoir of a Grassroots Activist, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AkMZc1dAwCsC&pg=PA234&dq=%22go gone|went+crook+at%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0oUzT8KBE4X5mAX58pWJAg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22go|gone|went%20crook%20at%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 234,