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Crooked
·adj False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. II. Crooked ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Crook>>. I...

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Catch
·vi To attain possession. II. Catch ·noun Act of seizing; a grasp. III. Catch ·noun A slight remem...

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catch
A term used among fishermen to denote a quantity of fish taken at one time. It is said that the cat...

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catch
A term used among fishermen to denote a quantity of fish taken at one time. ...

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Crooked Lane
South out of King William Street to Miles' Lane (P.O. Directory). In Candlewick Ward and formerly in...

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Catch crop
·add. ·- Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordina...

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Catch title
·add. ·- A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, ·etc. ...

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Catch-basin
·noun A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky ...

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Catch-meadow
·noun A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill. ...

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Cony-catch
·vt To <<Deceive>>; to <<Cheat>>; to <<Trick>>. ...

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Fair catch
·add. ·- A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to ...

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catch club
A member of the patch club; a bum bailiff. ...

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catch fart
A footboy; so called from such servants commonly following close behind their master or mistress. ...

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catch penny
Any temporary contrivance to raise a contribution on the public. ...

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catch pole
A bum bailiff, or sheriff's officer. ...

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catch-land
land which is not certainly known to what parish it belongs, and the minister that first gets the ti...

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out-catch
to overtake. North. ...

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catch-fake
An unseemly doubling in a badly coiled rope. ...

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(St.) Michael Crooked Lane
On the east side of St. Michael's Lane or Crooked Lane, as it is named in some maps (Elmes, 1831). I...

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The Swan, Crooked Lane
See Leaden Porch. ...

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to catch a tartar
To attack one of superior strength or abilities. This saying originated from the story of an Irish s...

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catch a crab
In rowing, when an oar gets so far beneath the surface of the water, that the rower cannot recover i...

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Crooked Frying Pan Alley
In Wood Street, Cheapside (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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(St.) Michael Crooked Lane Churchyard
On the south and east sides of the church (O. and M. 1677-Rocque, 1746). The churchyard was enlarge...

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to catch a weasel asleep
It is a common belief that this little animal is never caught napping, for the obvious reason that h...

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catch a turn there
Belay quickly. ...

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turn, to catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast. ...

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crooked as a virginia fence
A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stub-born temper, who ar...

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