Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who cultivates or deals in saffron (crocus).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek word for saffron.

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Examples

  • By contrast, a team with an overwhelming lead would have the game "tied up in a croker sack."

    Bob Edwards: The Ole Redhead 2008

  • D'un autre coté l'anneau lui m'a servi a rendre riche mon dentiste puisqu'a force de le croker j'me suis peté l'email de ma canine droite superieure et aussi carrement un peu un bout de dent.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

  • Ayant une de c charmante bebete au coin droit de la levre inferieure je passe ma vie a le manger manger manger croker devisser lecher manger rouler ... avaler aussi ca m'est arrivé une seule et unique fois!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

  • Then Ada came upon a man with a heavy croker sack hanging pendant from a chestnut limb.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • Then Ada came upon a man with a heavy croker sack hanging pendant from a chestnut limb.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

  • She was too timid to appear behind the kerosene-lamp footlights, but she could make costumes out of croker sacks if they were the only material available.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • She was too timid to appear behind the kerosene-lamp footlights, but she could make costumes out of croker sacks if they were the only material available.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • She was too timid to appear behind the kerosene-lamp footlights, but she could make costumes out of croker sacks if they were the only material available.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • She was too timid to appear behind the kerosene-lamp footlights, but she could make costumes out of croker sacks if they were the only material available.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • She was too timid to appear behind the kerosene-lamp footlights, but she could make costumes out of croker sacks if they were the only material available.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

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