by hook or by crook —see1hook 2crook/ˈkrʊk/verb crooks;crooked;crooking Britannica Dictionary definition of CROOK [+ object] :to bend (your finger, neck, or arm) Hecrookedhis finger at us and led us to the table.
His neck on two pillows, stacked for reading, was curved like a shepherd's crook. O pescoço dele sobre dois travesseiros, empilhados para ler, estava curvado como o cajado de um pastor. Literature Some of the whitecloaked men had red shepherd's crooks behind the sunbursts on the...
a bronze figure of a cat, with suspension loop at back of neck, lower front legs missing, mounted -- 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high; a bronze seated figure of Harpocrates, with right hand to his mouth, wearing the sidelock of youth -- 3in. (7.7cm.) high; a bronze figure of Osiris, ...