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Croaker   Listen
noun
Croaker  n.  
1.
One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast.
(b)
An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); called also drum.
(c)
The surf fish of California. Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.





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"Croaker" Quotes from Famous Books



... sticks en make chimney cause dere won' no bricks en won' no saw mills to make lumber when I come along. Oh, my white folks live in a pole house daubed wid dirt too. Us just had some kind of home-made bedstead wid pine straw bed what to sleep on in dem days. Sew croaker sack together en stuff em wid pine straw. Dat how dey make dey mattress. Didn' get much clothes to wear in dat day en time neither. Man never wear no breeches in de summer. Go in his shirt tail dat ...
— Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1 • Various
... on several pieces of coal very slowly, and rearranged them two or three times; after which he stirred the fire a little more, and examined it carefully to see that it was all right; but he did not seem quite satisfied, and was proceeding to re-adjust the coals when Bob Croaker, one of the big boys, who was a bullying, ill-tempered fellow, and had a spite ...
— Martin Rattler • R.M. Ballantyne
... a perfect fury on the subject. He stigmatized the modern game as it was played by University students as a barbaric spectacle, dangerous to limb, if not to life. Horace has always been more or less of a pepper-pot, but he is not exactly a croaker, and he served in the war with distinction. Hence his diatribe made me frown, even though it rather amused me. It was written in the autumn of the year before Fred went to Cambridge, and I read it aloud to the family circle as being of ...
— The Opinions of a Philosopher • Robert Grant
... Harry: "he is a born croaker. I dare say the silver-mine is made of gold. How about the stock in the —— Railroad that your wife holds, Mr. Lenox?" And we both laughed ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 • Various
... suspect your return so suddenly," spoke up Nuala. "Pay no heed to Shaun, Brian—he was ever a croaker. When think you ...
— Nuala O'Malley • H. Bedford-Jones
... a croaker, Kingsley, and I will leave you. I will go home. I will show you what a good husband I ...
— Confession • W. Gilmore Simms


Words linked to "Croaker" :   sciaenid fish, queenfish, white croaker, Seriphus politus, croak, sciaenid, yellowfin croaker, saltwater fish, Micropogonias undulatus, kingfish, Atlantic croaker, surf fish


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