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Croakumshire

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Northumberland is so called from the peculiar croaking of the natives in speaking. This is especially observable in Newcastle and Morpeth, where the people are said to be born with a burr in their throats, which prevents their giving effect to the letter r.

 

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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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Cringle (Tom)
Cripple
Cripplegate
Criss-cross Row (Christ-cross row)
Crishna
Crisis
Crispin
Criterion
Critic
Croaker
Croakumshire
Croc mitaine (A)
Crocodile
Crocodile (King)
Crocodile’s Eye
Crocodile’s Tears
Crocum in Ciliciam ferre
Crœsus
Cromeruach
Cromlech
Cromwell