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(St.) Margaret Croked Lane — See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill … Dictionary of London
Camous — Ca mous, Camoys Ca moys, a. [F. camus (equiv. to camard) flat nosed, fr. Celtic Cam croked + suff. us; akin to L. camur, camurus, croked.] Flat; depressed; crooked; said only of the nose. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Camoys — Camous Ca mous, Camoys Ca moys, a. [F. camus (equiv. to camard) flat nosed, fr. Celtic Cam croked + suff. us; akin to L. camur, camurus, croked.] Flat; depressed; crooked; said only of the nose. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Them Crooked Vultures — Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones et Josh Homme sur scène au Lowlands 2009. Pays d’origine … Wikipédia en Français
crooked — crookedly, adv. crookedness, n. /krook id/ for 1 4, 6; /krookt/ for 5, adj. 1. not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path. 2. askew; awry: The picture on the wall seems to be crooked. 3. deformed: a man with a crooked back. 4. not… … Universalium
Lennes Aleye — Tenements in an alley called Lennes aleye in parish of St. Michael (de Croked lane), in will of J. Elyngham, stock fishmonger, 1424 5 (Ct. H.W. II. 436). Not further identified … Dictionary of London
(St.) Margaret Fish Street Hill — On the east side of Fish Street Hill, opposite to Crooked Lane (Leake, 1666). In Bridge Ward Within, the parish extending into Billingsgate Ward. Earliest mention: Sci margaret us Pont, 1199 1211 (Harl. Ch. H. 40). Forms of name : S.… … Dictionary of London
Stockfishmonger Row — The portion of Thames Street extending west from Fish Street Hill to Old Swan Lane was so called (S. 215). In Bridge Street Ward Within. First mention : Stokfisshmongerrowe in Tamystrete, 1373 (Ct. H.W. II. 154). Other notices :… … Dictionary of London
as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined — Cf. 1530 J. PALSGRAVE L’éclaircissement de la Langue Française 161 A man may bende a wande [shoot] while it is grene [pliant] and make it strayght though it be neuer so croked. 1732 POPE Epistles to Several Persons 1.102 ’Tis Education forms the… … Proverbs new dictionary
