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crone

Noun

Meaning

An old ewe.

An old woman; -- usually in contempt.

An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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May he be cursed on earth who gives his trust to virtue, that bankrupt crone who takes our life's pure gold and gives but bad receipts for payment in the lower world. Ah, passers-by that stroll, travelers that come and go, all that I had, I placed on virtue, and lost the game! Nikos Kazantzakis

Take this as a gift from a crone to a maiden, and know there is not so much difference between the two. For even a tottering granddam keeps a portion of girlish heart, and the youngest maiden a thread of old woman's wisdom. Lloyd Alexander

Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone. Susan Powter

As the crone shrinks back from their combined assault, they are interrupted by Roger the Shrubber, who laments the lack of law and order that allows ruffians to say "Ni!" to an old woman. Source: Internet

Although implicitly male, the character looks like the crone Eve as she appears in The Sandman. Source: Internet

The prime minister said Mr Crone had been employed "in the appropriate way" and was eminently qualified as an economist. Source: Internet

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