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crone
noun
[ krəʊn ]
• an ugly old woman.
Origin:
late Middle English: via Middle Dutch croonje, caroonje ‘carcass, old ewe’ from Old Northern French caroigne ‘carrion, cantankerous woman’ (see carrion).
