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croakery nonce-wd.|ˈkrəʊkərɪ|
[f. croak v. or croaker: see -ery.]
Croakings collectively.
1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. (1873) VI. xvi. vi. 193 Freidrich, in answer to new cunning croakeries and contrivances..has answered him like a king. 1867― Remin. (1881) II. 186 A croakery of crawling things, instead of a speaking by men. |