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Meanings of crotchet in English

Portuguese
semínima
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A musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note.

        semínima
        Catalan
        peculiaritat
        Spanish
        excentricidad

        A strange attitude or habit.

              peculiaritat
              Portuguese
              volta
              Catalan
              ganxo

              A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook.

                    volta
                    Usage of crotchet in English
                    1
                    Good enough for him for having such a crotchet in his head.
                    Between Whiles
                    2
                    What crotchet has that swaggering booby got in his numskull, I wonder?
                    The Robbers
                    3
                    You are wondering at the name 'Craigie Cottage'-anothercrotchet of my father's.
                    Dead Man's Rock
                    4
                    What particular crotchet could he have been humoring in this case?
                    Idolatry: A Romance
                    5
                    Each of us has his own crotchet, which differs from the other man's.
                    The Parisians — Complete
                    6
                    And Sid Vicious didn't crotchet his own stupid mock-Tibetan hippy-dippy ear-flapped bobble hats.
                    The Guardian
                    7
                    The parallel order with a defensive or offensive crotchet; 3.
                    The Art of War
                    8
                    We put that question to Lansing's only surviving student, a living crotchet named MacDougal.
                    Cities in Flight
                    9
                    Though little did I think what the crotchet would be.
                    Australia Felix
                    10
                    Besides, he has a silly crotchet in his head now.
                    The Puritans
                    11
                    A man with a crotchet should select a partner with the same morbid fancy.
                    Plain Facts for Old and Young
                    12
                    When he opened them again, she was waggling a green crotchet-edged hand towel at him.
                    Another life
                    13
                    You came here because Mr. Somers had a crotchet.
                    The Morgesons: A Novel
                    14
                    There were members for every crotchet and corrupt interest, but there were none for them.
                    The English Constitution
                    15
                    What crotchet is uppermost in your mind, now, Dick?
                    The Two Admirals
                    16
                    As for Trencher, the one crotchet in his cool brain centred about that worthless trade dollar.
                    From Place to Place
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