arm in crook
(UK, dialectal, dated, of two people) With arms linked together.
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(UK, dialectal, dated, of two people) With arms linked together.
1849, Anne Beale, Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry, London: George Routledge, No.5, p.104,[https://archive.org/details/traitsandstorie03bealgoog/page/n118/mode/1up?q=%22arm+in+crook%22]
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