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  • noun Wicca One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Mother and Maiden and representing an old woman

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Examples

  • Terry Bramlett's serene fantasy story, "Child, Maiden, Woman, Crone", is about a Navajo farmer and musician named Johnny Nobles.

    REVIEW: 2007 Nebula Award Short Fiction Nominees 2008

  • After hearing rumors that the “Adult Video and Books” boutique on McDowell Road, which had previously been busted for selling sex toys, was at it again, the intrepid Kandiss Crone from the 3 On Your Side “news” team decided to go undercover.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Terry Bramlett's serene fantasy story, "Child, Maiden, Woman, Crone", is about a Navajo farmer and musician named Johnny Nobles.

    REVIEW: Jim Baen's Universe #7 2007

  • Crone is one of the most iconoclastic of these scholars.

    What Is the Koran? 1999

  • Crone is one of the most iconoclastic of these scholars.

    What Is the Koran? 1999

  • Crone is one of the most iconoclastic of these scholars.

    What Is the Koran? 1999

  • Mentioning the word Crone to Boodels, I ask him what relation it bears to 'Cronie.'

    Happy-Thought Hall 1876

  • A servant wrestled in vain with my name, "Crone" being the only thing he seized, but the master of ceremonies announced to the President that I was the Danish Minister's wife, after which things went smoothly.

    The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 1886

  • Not sure how Google wanting to take any and all searches any person does online while using their browser "Chrome" (which sounds in passing conversation a lot like the word 'Crone' … rather poetically so), so Google can publicly display, translate into other languages, et al, forensics and data investigation from annual fee data bases of criminal records etc, that PI's engage with online regularly.

    The Moderate Voice 2009

  • Not sure how Google wanting to take any and all searches any person does online while using their browser "Chrome" (which sounds in passing conversation a lot like the word 'Crone' … rather poetically so), so Google can publicly display, translate into other languages, et al, forensics and data investigation from annual fee data bases of criminal records etc, that PI's engage with online regularly.

    The Moderate Voice 2008

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