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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kruhch
Phonetic Transcription : krʌtʃ



Definition of crutch

Origin :
  • Old English crycce "crutch, staff," from Proto-Germanic *krukjo (cf. Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, Old High German krucka, German Kröcke "crutch," related to Old Norse krokr "hook;" see crook). Figurative sense is first recorded c.1600. As a verb, from 1640s. Italian gruccia "crutch," crocco "hook" are Germanic loan-words.
  • noun support
Example sentences :
  • But just as the former is not necessarily a crutch, so the latter was not necessarily a cross.
  • Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
  • With these words he took an iron poker and fashioned it into a crutch for himself.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • How he tried all kinds of artifices, as he leaned on his crutch, and all in vain!
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • The "knocker-up" lifted his crutch and with the upper end of it he battered at the dog's brains.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • The publican, who carried a stick, was drunk, and the "knocker-up" was staggering on a crutch.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • "But he couldn't walk without his crutch," M. Binet insisted.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Give me that crutch; let me have one lick at him, for the love of Mary.
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
  • No—if he only gets the crutch and the came, I will make the patch for his eye, to-night.
  • Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
  • And then he told me to help Petie down with the crutch, but not go into the room.
  • Extract from : « Three Margarets » by Laura E. Richards
  • In spite of himself, the Forecaster's glance fell on the crutch.
  • Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler

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