croupy
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Writers for The New Yorker in the 1930s and ’40s described him as a “Superman of Law” who spoke in a “gruff, croupy, dictatorial tone.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2012
Shirtless, tattooed, dirty looking, he stood straight up, sneakers together, his guitar neck at 2 o’clock, pumping his chords at a strange angle across the strings, wincing or looking terrified between croupy roars.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2010
Her ability to cope with each new child and all of Flap's croupy vagaries suggests that somehow even a so-so family life actually makes happy her destiny.
From Time Magazine Archive
Operagoers that bleak February night cheered themselves croupy while tears ran down many a wrinkled old cheek.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been perfectly healthy until that morning, when he woke with a fever and croupy cough.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
A moment later, the croupier strides up to Renault and extends his hand.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
A broke writer gets a job as a croupier and becomes involved with a woman who wants to rob his casino.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2020
He treated her to haircuts in fashionable Mayfair, where he was working as a croupier.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2017
He had grown up in Monaco, where as a young man he had worked as a croupier at the Casino de Monte-Carlo, and developed an excellent poker face.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
"Encore," she said, giving the croupier the remaining bill and some louis.
From The Devourers by Annie Vivanti Chartres
