A withered old crone sat at one of the doors, sunning herself.
Gold and silver, and each thing more precious than another, in the crone's castle.
Her feet were bare, and altogether she was a most repulsive old crone.
The old crone puffed up again at this unexpected flare, and went out of the room, plopping her feet on floor and mumbling.
The two old crones sat with the body all night and all the next day.
crone
noun[C]
uk/krəʊn/us/kroʊn/
anunpleasantoruglyoldwoman
讨厌的老太婆;丑老太婆
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The skeletons of two infants can be seen; one discarded to the left, the other held by acronein the centre foreground.
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The wordcroneis a less common synonym for old woman, and is more likely to appear in reference to traditional narratives than in contemporary everyday usage.
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In her early appearances, she appears only as acrone, is often referred to as a witch, and has a tendency to be snappy and mean.
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The first is as an oldcrone, the second as a mature and haughty noble dame, and the third as a cold and unfeeling young maiden.
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I could not believe they were part of those famous romances - they were all old crones.
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Cronealso principally took into account the power differential between a hegemonic state and a non-hegemonic one in forming the international co-operative regime.
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You are all strangers when it crones to supporting him, but not strangers when it comes to taking a profit, nor when the bugles are blowing.
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We rang an ancient clanging bell and were taken by an oldcronedown dank passages until we came to the only room which appeared to be on show.
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Thecroneis one of the most common of these protective figures.
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She put on the guise of acrone.
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Cronehas the lyric touch of a poet and the visionary spirit of a mystic, conjuring images that are both disturbing and startlingly beautiful.
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Cronehas released 16 recordings, mostly as an accompanist.
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She is imagined as a blue-facedcroneor witch with iron claws and a taste for humans (especially children).
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Cronethen became a partner in a poultry-raising operation.
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Cronestates that this verse seems to be based on the same above-mentioned rules.
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