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Croggled

Posted by ESC on December 15, 2003

CROGGLED -- I found this word, new to me, in a mystery: "'Oh,' I said, croggled by the notion'" from "Aunt Dimity's Good Deed" by Nancy Atherton (Penguin Books, New York, 1996), Page 161.

Searching online I found this information:

Croggled -- Surprised/dazed/brought up short.

croggle (v.) antedating 1959 Leah Zeldes submitted a 1959 cite from Fancyclopedia II. We would like cites of any date from other sources.

croggled (adj.) antedating 1962 Keith Stokes submitted a 1962 cite from "A Key to the Terminology of S-F Fandom". Keith Stokes submitted a 1966 cite from Bob Tucker's "A Neo-Fan's Guide to Science Fiction Fandom". Sue Surova submitted a cite for the form "becroggled" from a 1982 reprint of Marion Zimmer Bradley's 1980 article "A Darkover Retrospective". We would like cites of any date from other sources.

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