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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†CRO, n.1 (See etym. note)Sc. 1808 Jam.:
To this day the term is used in some factories, where the workmen are in some degree bound for each other. As from their poverty, money is often advanced before the work be finished; if any one of the workmen run off in arrears to his master, the rest are bound to finish the work, which is called making up his cro.
