cronk

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

adj.


Derived from the German krank – – sick or ill.

1) A racing term used of a horse which is out of order and not «fit» for the contest; hence transferred to a horse whose owneris shamming its illness and making it «run crooked» for thepurpose of cheating its backers.

2) Used more generally as slang, but not recognized in Barereand Leland's `Slang Dictionary.'

1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), July 4, p. 2, col. 7:

«He said he would dispose of the cloth at a moderate figurebecause it was `cronk.' The word `cronk,' Mr. Finlaysonexplained, meant `not honestly come by.'»

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