croupy
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Writers for The New Yorker in the 1930s and ’40s described him as a “Superman of Law” who spoke in a “gruff, croupy, dictatorial tone.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2012
Shirtless, tattooed, dirty looking, he stood straight up, sneakers together, his guitar neck at 2 o’clock, pumping his chords at a strange angle across the strings, wincing or looking terrified between croupy roars.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2010
Her ability to cope with each new child and all of Flap's croupy vagaries suggests that somehow even a so-so family life actually makes happy her destiny.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead he makes all but the cleverest of his tall opponents look like croupy giraffes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been perfectly healthy until that morning, when he woke with a fever and croupy cough.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
This year they have collected more cards than a croupier.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2023
A broke writer gets a job as a croupier and becomes involved with a woman who wants to rob his casino.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2020
He had grown up in Monaco, where as a young man he had worked as a croupier at the Casino de Monte-Carlo, and developed an excellent poker face.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
The rest of the movie was stuffed with first-rate character actors from around the world, including Ms. LeBeau’s then-husband, Marcel Dalio, as Emil the croupier.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2016
He had had his eyes on a croupier who started work at half-past three.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
