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Crockett   /krˈɑkɪt/   Listen
Crockett

noun
1.
United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836).  Synonyms: David Crockett, Davy Crockett.



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"Crockett" Quotes from Famous Books



... you have done it, young one! I thought I'd get a finger in this pie, but I came up too late! Say, young fellow, what's your name? Is it Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett?" ...
— The Last of the Chiefs - A Story of the Great Sioux War • Joseph Altsheler

... "Oh, Crockett's his name—Sammy Crockett. He's quite a new lad. I've got young Steggles looking after him—sticks to him like wax. Takes his little breathers in my bit o' ground at the back here. I've got a cinder-sprint path there, over behind the trees. I don't let him out o' sight much, I can tell ...
— Martin Hewitt, Investigator • Arthur Morrison

... sufficiently vouched for in the letter from our American Consul here. You can call on him if you choose. Few ready-made aunts obtained by advertisement would have what I have to recommend me. As for a Scotch accent, I've bought Burns, and a Crockett in Tauchnitz, and by to-morrow I'll engage that no one—unless a Scotsman—would know me from a Scotswoman. Hoot, awa', mon. ...
— The Chauffeur and the Chaperon • C. N. Williamson

... Boone and Crockett Club has not appeared largely in the public eye during recent years, its activities have not ceased. The discovery of gold in Alaska, and the extraordinary rush of population to that northern territory had the usual ...
— American Big Game in Its Haunts • Various

... Then Col. Crockett Shaw marched in, wearing a plug-hat to mark the occasion as especial and official, but taking no chances on the dangers of that unwonted regalia in frosty January; he had ear-tabs close clamped to the sides ...
— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day



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