a. Obs. perh. an attrib. use of CRONE sb.

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1577.  trans. Bullinger’s Decades (1592), 498. He … liued in … the studie of the sacred Scriptures, euen to his croane and crooked age.

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1746.  Brit. Mag., 53. Coaches … filled with several Croan Matrons, Town Ladies [etc.].

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