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 Crooked Sixpence (A).Crop Up (or) Out. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Crooked Stick (A).
 
A self-willed fellow who will neither lead nor drive, neither be led nor driven. (See CROOK.)   1
 


 Crooked Sixpence (A).Crop Up (or) Out. 

 
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