Crutches
['krʌtʃɪz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Crutch
Editor: Tracy
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you go on crutches, denotes that you will depend largely on others for your support and advancement. To see others on crutches, denotes unsatisfactory results from labors.
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Examples
- Perfectly cured he certainly was not, for he supported himself forward on crutches to give evidence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At the door of the hospital the porter came out to help with the crutches. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then afterward you can be on crutches. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- If there be any man of letters, art, or science among these little dealers, how noble in him to support the feeble sisters on such majestic crutches! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I had been on crutches since the time of my fall in New Orleans, and had to be carried over places where it was not safe to cross on horseback. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Both are tall fellows with whiskers, Fred handsome in the English style, and Frank much better, for he only limps slightly, and uses no crutches. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- For two or three days after I was unable to walk except with crutches. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There is an immensity of promenading, on crutches and off, with sticks and without, and a great deal of conversation, and liveliness, and pleasantry. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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