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Crore (A)

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in the East Indies, means a hundred lacs of rupees, equal nominally, in round numbers, to a million sterling. (Pronounce cror, Hindustanee karor.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Cronian Sea
Crony
Crook in the Lot
Crooked as Crawley
Crooked Sixpence (A)
Crooked Stick (A)
Crop Up (or) Out
Cropper
Croquemitaine [croak-mit-tain]
Croquet
Crore (A)
Cross
Cross (in heraldry)
Cross (a mystic emblem)
Cross (To)
Cross
Cross Buns
Cross-grained
Cross-legged Knights
Cross Man (A)
Cross-patch