crookle
(obsolete, dialectal, East Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To bend; to make crooked.
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Written crukle n.Yks.2 [krirkl, krhrkl.] 1. v. To make crooked, to bend, twist. Cf. crooken.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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(obsolete, dialectal, East Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To bend; to make crooked.
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