croggy
English
WOTD – 7 October 2012
Noun
croggy (plural croggies)
- (Britain, chiefly Northumbria) A ride on the handlebars or crossbar of a bicycle.
- 2005, Richard Bean, Harvest, Royal Court Theatre, page 126:
- I was always with me dad. He'd give us a croggy down there.
- 2012, Adele Parks, Young Wives' Tales:
- And we went to a school where some girls would shag you for a bag of chips and a croggy home.
Translations
a ride on the handlebars or crossbar of a bicycle
References
- Dent, Susie; What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the English language, 2009, pg 18-19
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