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Search phrase: crook

Plays

 22 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.78crooked-pated, old, cuckoldly ram, out of all reasonablecrooked-pated olde Cuckoldly Ramme, out of all reasonable
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.ii.19He is deformed, crooked, old, and sere; He is deformed, crooked, old, and sere,
CoriolanusCor II.i.53palate adversely, I make a crooked face at it. I cannotPalat aduersly, I make a crooked face at it, I can
CymbelineCym III.i.38have crooked noses, but to owe such straight arms,haue crook'd Noses, but to owe such straite Armes,
CymbelineCym V.v.478And let our crooked smokes climb to their nostrilsAnd let our crooked Smoakes climbe to their Nostrils
HamletHam III.ii.71And crook the pregnant hinges of the kneeAnd crooke the pregnant Hindges of the knee,
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.184By what by-paths and indirect crooked waysBy what by-pathes, and indirect crook'd-wayes
Henry VH5 I.chorus.15O, pardon! since a crooked figure mayO pardon: since a crooked Figure may
Henry VH5 I.ii.94Than amply to imbare their crooked titlesThen amply to imbarre their crooked Titles,
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.158As crooked in thy manners as thy shape!As crooked in thy manners, as thy shape.
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.75And where's that valiant crook-back prodigy,And where's that valiant Crook-back Prodigie.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.ii.96Ay, crook-back, here I stand to answer thee,I Crooke-back, here I stand to answer thee,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.v.30Nay, take away this scolding crook-back rather.Nay, take away this scolding Crooke-backe, rather.
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.vi.79Let hell make crooked my mind to answer it.Let Hell make crook'd my Minde to answer it.
Henry VIIIH8 V.iii.44Envy and crooked malice nourishmentEnuy, and crooked malice, nourishment;
Julius CaesarJC III.i.43Low-crooked curtsies and base spaniel fawning.Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning:
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.123Wounding her bosom with her crooked beak,Wounding her bosome with her crooked beak,
King JohnKJ III.i.46Lame, foolish, crooked, swart, prodigious,Lame, foolish, crooked, swart, prodigious,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.121Crook-kneed, and dewlapped like Thessalian bulls;Crooke kneed, and dew-lapt, like Thessalian Buls,
OthelloOth I.i.45Many a duteous and knee-crooking knaveMany a dutious and knee-crooking knaue;
Richard IIR2 II.i.133And thy unkindness be like crooked age,And thy vnkindnesse be like crooked age,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG IV.i.21If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.

Poems

 6 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.85 ‘ His browny locks did hang in crooked curls, His browny locks did hang in crooked curles,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.508 Whose crooked beak threats, if he mount he dies: Whose crooked beake threats, if he mount he dies.
SonnetsSonn.60.7 Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, Crooked eclipses gainst his glory fight,
SonnetsSonn.100.14 So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife. So thou preuenst his sieth, and crooked knife.
Venus and AdonisVen.134 Ill-nurtured, crooked, churlish, harsh in voice, Il-nurtur'd, crooked, churlish, harsh in voice,
Venus and AdonisVen.624 And whom he strikes his cruel tushes slay. And whom he strikes, his crooked tushes slay.

Glossary

 20 result(s).
bevelcrooked, slanting, sloping
bias-drawingturning away from the truth, crooked dealing
bowedbent, crooked
crookbend
crook-backhunchback
crook-backhunchbacked
crookedcurling, twisting
crookedmalignant, perverse, contrary, devious
crookedrounded, curved
crookedfalse, wrongful, illegal
crooked-patedwith a twisted head, with a deformed skull
kamcrooked, misleading, perverse
knee-crookingbowing, kneeling, genuflecting
low-crookedlow-bending, profound
meandercrooked path, winding way
nook-shottencrookedly shaped, corner-ridden
prig[slang] thief, crook, tinker
sheep-hookshepherd's crook
unjustdishonest, untrustworthy, crooked
wry-neckedhaving a crooked neck [of the player]

Thesaurus

 15 result(s).
crookprig
crook, shepherd'ssheep-hook
crookedbowed
crookedbevel
crookedunjust
crookedkam
crooked dealingbias-drawing
crooked neck, having awry-necked
crooked pathmeander
crookedly shapednook-shotten
dealing, crookedbias-drawing
neck, having a crookedwry-necked
path, crookedmeander
shaped, crookedlynook-shotten
shepherd's crooksheep-hook

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

 14 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BACK PART OF BODYcrook-back adj, crook-back n
CROOKBASICcrook v, crooked adj
CROOKAPPEARANCElow-crooked adj
CROOKPART OF BODYcrook-back adj, crook-back n, crook-kneed adj, crooked-pated adj, knee-crooking adj
KNEEPART OF BODYcrook-kneed adj
KNEESTATEknee-crooking adj
LOW [position]STATElow-crooked adj
PATESHAPEcrooked-pated adj

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