crook and nanny

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A very small place.

   • There's a building in St. Louis called the MEPS Building where doctors probe every crook and nanny of your body to see if you're physically fit enough to join the military.
   • Wouldn't grow straight if you put a splint on 'er. She liked the loopholes in things. The chinks, the crooks and nannies... liked to find healthy little plantlets to choke!
   • There was sand in every crook and nanny, from truck to keel. As the emerging seamen ran out of expletives so the Kalahari may have run out of sand.
2. 2

   Average person or people.

   • For the currency of the lives of most us, the fashion in the business of the state has been to expand farther and farther into every nook and cranny, seeking the welfare of every crook and nanny.
   • We can also start a story with the name of someone who has star quality, a person whose name is widely known—in almost every nook and cranny, by almost every crook and nanny.

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