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Crone   /kroʊn/   Listen
noun
crone  n.  
1.
An old ewe. (Obs.)
2.
An old woman; usually in contempt. "But still the crone was constant to her note."
3.
An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. (R.) "The old crone (a negro man) lived in a hovel,... which his master had given him." "A few old battered crones of office."





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"Crone" Quotes from Famous Books



... was opened by a withered crone, who, to his question whether Mr. Froud was in, answered in an injured tone, "Yes, he was in; he always was;" and, as she spoke, she half-pushed the visitor into a room on the left side of the entrance, and vanished ...
— The Golden Shoemaker - or 'Cobbler' Horn • J. W. Keyworth
... the Custom-house, whence the voice seemed to proceed, he replied very faintly, and in a scarce intelligible voice, "Who is calling me? Who has come to cast my dead body into the sea, for it will soon be all over with me." Then a little shrivelled wrinkled crone came up panting and coughing, hobbling along by the aid of her staff; she approached the wounded youth, and squatting down beside him, she burst out into a most repulsive chuckling and laughing. "You foolish child, ...
— Weird Tales, Vol. II. • E. T. A. Hoffmann
... met my sight, Grinning back to me as my own; I well-nigh fainted with affright At finding me a haggard crone. ...
— Late Lyrics and Earlier • Thomas Hardy
... sure, no need was felt of one in the villages, for most of the nobility knew no more of reading and writing than the peasants. If any one fell ill, he found no help but the secret remedies of some old village crone, for there was not an apothecary in the whole country. If any one needed a coat he could do no better than take needle in hand himself—for many miles there was no tailor, unless one of the trade made a trip through the country on the chances of finding work. If any one wished to ...
— The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 • Various
... "Any old crone's would serve as well for a lullaby," she answered, playfully. "Now go, and be sure you find out whether the countess liked the chocolate ...
— Fairy Fingers - A Novel • Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


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