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Definition of Crooking
1. crook [v] - See also: crook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crooking
Literary usage of Crooking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural Discoveries (1808)
"... crooking Wires for Cards, employed in carding ll'ool, or Cotton, invented ly Mr.
JOSEPH BEARD. Trans. Soc. ..."
2. Educational Psychology by Edward Lee Thorndike (1913)
"The fifth case is: "Try to feel as if you were crooking your finger, whilst
keeping it straight. In a minute it will fairly tingle with the imaginary change ..."
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