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Examples
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Had some one helped Lobardi to "croke" by cracking his skull?
The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure William MacLeod Raine 1912
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Why would you vote for a 76 year old man whos about to croke.
Sources: Clinton, Obama supporters discussing exit strategies 2008
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Yours is good, except for the quote from bill croke.
In the Outpost David 2006
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February or March breeds in ditches by slime and blackish eggs in that slime, about which time of breeding the He and She frog are observed to use divers simber salts, and to croke and make a noise, which the land frog, or
The Compleat Angler 2007
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'That in the croke of the mone came thei thiderwarde,
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Also the same yere, betuen Cristemasse and Candelmasse, the town of Mileu 'was yolden to the kyng, and alle cheveteyns with the sowdyours were ledd to Parys in the croke of the mone they myght seyn, for of them there skaped thens but fewe on lyve.
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They croke and make a Noise in your Hand, when taken with Hook or Net.
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What greate thought take the mothers comenlye leste the infant shulde loke a gogle or a squint, lest he shuld be puffe cheked, wrie necked, croke shuldred, croke legged, splaye footed, and lest that the proporcion of his bodye shuld not be trimme in euery point: whereunto besyde other thynges, they be wont to vse swadelbondes, and keepe in their chekes wyth lytle miters.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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I agree Bertie made a pigs breakfast of it, just like everything else, but my point was that without any cast iron guarantee that all future rugby & soccer internationals will be played at croke park, IRFU & FAI had to go ahead with their own plans.
David McWilliams 2009
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COMING SOON: more cataloging of REM on the web including YouTube, Twitter and Flickr. sfx 1984 croke park 1985 rds 1989
Murmurs.com 2008
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