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crony

a close friend or companion

Not to be confused with:

crone – a withered old woman

cro·ny

(krō′nē)

n. pl. cro·nies

A longtime close friend or companion.

[Possibly from Greek khronios, long lasting, from khronos, time.]

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crony

(ˈkrəʊnɪ)

n, pl -nies

a friend or companion

[C17: student slang (Cambridge), from Greek khronios of long duration, from khronos time]

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cro•ny

(ˈkroʊ ni)

n., pl. -nies.

a close friend or associate.

[1655–65; < Greek chrónios long-continued, derivative of chrónos time]

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Noun

crony - a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

buddy, chum, pal, sidekick, brother

cobber - Australian term for a pal

friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

crony

noun friend, china (Brit. slang), colleague, associate, mate (informal), pal (informal), companion, cock (Brit. informal), buddy (informal), comrade, chum (informal), accomplice, ally, sidekick (slang), main man (slang, chiefly U.S.), homeboy (slang, chiefly U.S.), cobber (Austral. or old-fashioned N.Z. informal) his weekend drinking sessions with his cronies

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

crony

noun

One who shares interests or activities with another:

associate, chum, companion, comrade, fellow, mate.

Informal: buddy, pal.

Translations

صَديق حَميم، رَفيق

kamarád

kammeratkammersjuk

Kumpan

haver

virktarvinur

amico

bičiulisdraugelis

sens draugs

kafadaryakın arkadaş

亲密的朋友

crony

[ˈkrəʊnɪ] N (pej) (= friend) → compinche mf, amigote/a mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crony

[ˈkrəʊni] n (= friend) → copain (copine)m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

crony

n → Freund(in) m(f), → Spießgeselle (hum) m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

crony

[ˈkrəʊnɪ] n (fam) → amicone/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

crony

(ˈkrəuni) – plural ˈcronies – noun

a close companion. He spent the evening drinking with his cronies.

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A fortnight later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine; and Mr.

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Shuttleworthy seldom, if ever, visited "Old Charley," and never was known to take a meal in his house, still this did not prevent the two friends from being exceedingly intimate, as I have just observed; for "Old Charley" never let a day pass without stepping in three or four times to see how his neighbour came on, and very often he would stay to breakfast or tea, and almost always to dinner, and then the amount of wine that was made way with by the two cronies at a sitting, it would really be a difficult thing to ascertain.

Now it so happened that I had overheard the colloquy between the two cronies, when Mr.

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Finding that his look was not returned, or indeed observed by the person to whom it was addressed, John gradually concentrated the whole power of his eyes into one focus, and brought it to bear upon the man in the flapped hat, at whom he came to stare in course of time with an intensity so remarkable, that it affected his fireside cronies, who all, as with one accord, took their pipes from their lips, and stared with open mouths at the stranger likewise.

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Now when these poor sun-burnt mariners, bare-footed, and with their trowsers rolled high up on their eely legs, had wearily hauled their fat fish high and dry, promising themselves a good 150 pounds from the precious oil and bone; and in fantasy sipping rare tea with their wives, and good ale with their cronies, upon the strength of their respective shares; up steps a very learned and most Christian and charitable gentleman, with a copy of Blackstone under his arm; and laying it upon the whale's head, he says -- Hands off!

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If there yet lurked any ice of indifference towards me in the Pagan's breast, this pleasant, genial smoke we had, soon thawed it out, and left us cronies. He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married; meaning, in his country's phrase, that we were bosom friends; he would gladly die for me, if need should be.

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When he prophesied to his old cronies, in the Moosehorn Saloon, that within five years town lots in Dawson could not be given away, while the cabins would be chopped up for firewood, he was laughed at roundly, and assured that the mother-lode would be found ere that time.

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Doctor, the good handmaiden became reconciled to her presence, and told her cronies at the Glen that Miss Cuthbert was a fine old lady and knew her place.

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I could see from the old fellow's self-satisfied air and the way in which he looked round for the approval of his cronies that he was "showing off," so I put in a word to keep him going.

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I was indignant, angry.--Oh, softly, steward, softly; in my heart was great joy as I denied that young reporter, knowing that from my cronies he already had a sufficiency of the details.

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They have their cronies, their brothers, their cousins, their wives, their sweethearts, all to be entertained at their expense.

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They have been cronies ever since, and I notice that Mr.

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