The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46556   Message #693281
Posted By: Mr Red
18-Apr-02 - 08:44 PM
Thread Name: Sydney, Australia
Subject: RE: Sydney, Australia
crook is a "South British" (below the equator) expression roughly meaning "not 100%" or worse. Lurgy has currency in Brittain as well, it is a bug, virus, bacterium, or otherwise unspecified pathogen but usually equates to "cold" or "bad cold" if the lurgy has been "dreaded".
Too right blue..........