crook and nanny

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von crook and nanny im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Average person or people

We can also start a story with the name of someone who has star quality, a person whose name is widely known—in almost every nook and cranny, by almost every crook and nanny.

A very small place; mistaken form of nook and cranny

There was sand in every crook and nanny, from truck to keel. As the emerging seamen ran out of expletives so the Kalahari may have run out of sand.

Silbentrennung

crook and nan·ny

Türkische aussprache

krûk ınd näni

Synonyme

average joe, john doe, tom, dick or harry

Aussprache

/ˈkro͝ok ənd ˈnanē/ /ˈkrʊk ənd ˈnæniː/

Etymologie

() By spoonerism from nook and cranny, and by association with the more common words crook and nanny.