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arm in crook en · ADV

Meanings

1. (UK, dated, dialectal, not-comparable, of two people) With arms linked together.
   • ‘The proper way is for the bridesmaids to walk together,’ suggested Fancy. ‘What? ’Twas always young man and young woman, arm in crook, in my time!’ said Geoffrey, astounded. 1872, [Thomas Hardy], chapter I, in Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, part V, pages 198–199:
   • Once outside the gate, Frederick and Karl stride ahead, arm in crook, their heads tilted close so as not to drop anything important between them. 2015, Gavin McCrea, Mrs Engels, Melbourne: Scribe, page 28:
   • 1849, Anne Beale, Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry, London: George Routledge, No. 5, p. 104, We were determined not to let go of one another this time, so we went on, arm in crook again;

Synonyms

arm in arm