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Thread #92139 Message #1764146
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Jun-06 - 08:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: What does 'get bent' mean...or imply?
Subject: RE: BS: What does 'get bent' mean...or imply?

More digression- Crook (Oz) first appeared in print in the Sidney Bulletin, 1898, acc. to the OED. It was spelled krook. By WW1, it was spelled with a 'c'.