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Crockford|ˈkrɒkfəd|
1. (Usu. Crockford's.) The name of an exclusive gambling club opened in St. James's Street, London, in 1827 by William Crockford (1775–1844). Also transf.
1827W. Maginn Whitehall ii. iii. 117 The Opera was crowded... Tattersall's was crammed—Crockford's crowded. 1838H. C. Robinson Diary 27 Apr. (1967) 188 D'Orsay looked haggard as if he had been unlucky at Crockford's. 1867‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. vii. 136 They had brought..dice for hazard..and were turning the unconscious Star and Garter into an impromptu Crockford's. 1966J. Cleary High Commissioner vi. 131 It's the gambling club. A sort of millionaire's Crockford's.
2. A colloquial designation of ‘Crockford's Clerical Directory’, a reference book for the clergy and the Church of England, first issued in 1860 by John Crockford (1823–65). (Occas. Crockford's.) Also fig.
1891S. Weyman New Rector I. i. 9 In more distant vicarages..there were..anxious searchings of the ‘Guardian’ and Crockford. 1909H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay i. i. 16 There was an old peerage and a Crockford together with the books of recipes. 1947[see all C. 2 c]. 1970K. Giles Death in Church i. 22 ‘I'll look it up in Crockford's.’..Harry wondered whether the compiler of the clerical Who's Who had..been related to the gambler. |