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- n. Plural form of crone.
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“April 29th, 2010 10: 22 pm ET the republican party is full of crap and McConnal and his crones are a bunch of obstructionist.”
“One of the crones is a long-time friend of the above three, and has in recent years become a great friend of mine”
“Remember that – the comedy, featuring debauched "crones", by which I mean characters definitely over 40, exhibiting the kind of wrinkly, female repulsiveness that shouldn't be allowed on to the nation's screens?”
“The show started at 20.00 and the price was twenty swedish crones which is two dollars.”
“The original curse might come upon them involuntarily (meddling crones play a big part in this book), but the rest is Gravy Train.”
“In 1981, they were three blind crones with one crystal-ball eye.”
“But witches of all varieties -- from crones to the sexy variety (see above) -- are utterly played out.”
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“Oh good done, we commend your pains/And everyone will share in a gains" sounds identical to Grand Ole Opry rsther than than a whiskered crones who intone about fingers of babies "ditch-delivered by a drab" as good as strangled during birth.”
“Old crones can only outrun a pack of dogs for about 90 seconds, and where's the fun in that?”
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“She looks like one of those crones in the Grimm's Brothers' stories; ready to lure me into her lair.”
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