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croker en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹəʊkə(ɹ)/

Meanings

1. (US, uncountable) Burlap.
   • a croker bag; a croker sack

croker en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹəʊkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From a Medieval Latin *crocarius, derivative of Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A cultivator of crocus or saffron; a dealer in saffron.
   • The crokers or saffron men doo vse an obseruation a litle before the comming vp of the floure 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:

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