crutch
/ˈkɹʌt͡ʃ/ verb C2- To support on crutches; to prop up.
- To move on crutches.
- To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
- to stir with a crutch.
He/she/it crutches · Past crutched · Past participle crutched · -ing form crutching
Verb forms
- Base form
- crutch
- He/she/it
- crutches
- Past
- crutched
- Past participle
- crutched
- -ing form
- crutching
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Here’s the record of the Tarleton murders, and the case of Vamberry, the wine merchant, and the adventure of the old Russian woman, and the singular affair of the aluminium crutch, as well as a full account of Ricoletti of the club-foot, and his abominable wife.
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