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English word origin

Etymology of crome

From Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”).

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Source etymology 1

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verb

To use a crome.

noun

A garden or agricultural implement with three or four tines bent at right angles, resembling a garden fork with bent prongs, and used for breaking up soil, clearing ditches, raking up shellfish on beaches, etc.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”).

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  • Derivation mention*krumpazgem-pro · bent, crooked, curved
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