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crotchet

[kroch-it] / ˈkrɒtʃ ɪt /


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Ms Crofts described the crotchet part of the project as a "labour of love", and said she took it with her wherever she went so she could work on it during spare moments.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023

It’s also even in more mundane ways, in cross-stitch, in crotchet and quilting, creating beauty literally from the scraps on the margins.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2022

But then, each of the dead has some crotchet or obsession.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2015

"I can't read or write music," she said, "but if I were a musician, I'd have put a crotchet here instead of a quaver."

From The Guardian ● May 8, 2013

Where the controversy is of a smaller kind and admits of crotchet, then he is pretty sure to bring out a crotchet of some kind.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy


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