The old crone lived alone. a run-down house that was inhabited by a cantankerous crone who kept to herself
Recent Examples on the WebThere’s a famous statue by Rodin, which shows the soul of a young woman striving to break free of the flesh of an old crone. Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 1 Sep. 2021 Danaë’s prison guard, an old crone, tries to catch the god’s golden sperm in her apron.Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021 In the comics, Agatha Harkness is often depicted as a classic old crone type of witch.New York Times, 7 Mar. 2021 The surprisingly hilarious script gives great material to Angela Lansbury as a boozy romance writer, Maggie Smith as a sadistic nurse and Bette Davis as a vicious crone. Staff Reports Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 8 Oct. 2020 The couple has since added to this touching scene, upping the ante by including a glowing gargoyle, a vintage hearse with a beheading theme, a crone cradling a precociously horrifying popeyed infant. Kevin Conley, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2014 The rest of the plot is driven by a shadowy cabal of feminist vigilantes who, among other things, target and assassinate rapists while dressed as crones. Sonia Saraiya, HWD, 5 June 2018 Billy’s boss, the vulgar and mercenary crone Mrs. Mullin (Margaret Colin), couldn’t give two figs for the happiness her joy machine gives to the community: her eyes are on the green, and on Billy. Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018 But things got a bit mystical with Margaret (guest star Cherry Jones), the crone in the stone house the Mayor visits to get permission to open a bridge to let the marathon runners pass. Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 22 Mar. 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, a term of abuse, from Anglo-French caroine, charoine dead flesh — more at carrion