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Meanings of crony in English

Portuguese
colega
Catalan
col·lega
Spanish
compañera

Close friend.

      colega
      Usage of crony in English
      1
      Here is the perspective of my friend and survival crony Douw Kruger:
      Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
      2
      And it would draw a line under the era of crony capitalism.
      Reuters
      3
      So I became her crony as soon as I discovered her secret.
      In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
      4
      Bert and his crony found seats on two trunks side by side.
      The High School Left End; or, Dick & Co. Grilling on the Footbal...
      5
      He arose to his feet and hobbled to where his crony sat.
      The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island; or, The Old Lumberman's Treas...
      6
      The doctor had been a crony of the elder for many years.
      The Grey Room
      7
      Far from us, indeed, to have volunteered the betrayal of our crony.
      I and My Chimney
      8
      Morrison runs into the crony from the Larkin Studios at Dempsey's bar.
      Night Shift
      9
      He had been a schoolmate and great crony of my brother Tom.
      Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
      10
      He was now joined by his yet more comic crony, Moses Gould.
      Manalive
      11
      Now that Pet was a crony of Kedzie's she recalled the story.
      We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
      12
      Mary Silver and Louisa were two; and Rose's crony, Esther Dearborn, another.
      What Katy Did at School
      13
      My dear crony, what think you he will turn out to be?
      Catherine De Medici
      14
      Scissors Dempsey, once his friend, but latterly a crony of Ted Slavin!
      The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
      15
      Perhaps the book's most important message is that crony capitalism no longer pays.
      Reuters
      16
      Lubricated by a good wine, my crony Petronius becomes a gentleman.
      The Silver Pigs
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