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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
CRONKIN, adj. Honking (of wild geese), used “to describe the baying sound made by a flock of Brent geese” (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.).
[Imit.: prob. a ppl.adj. from an orig. cronk (cf. U.S. cronk, to utter or make a honk (D.A.E.)). Cf.also Eng. dial. cronk, to croak (E.D.D.).]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Cronkin adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/cronkin>
