crank-sided

adjective

1

: crank entry 9

2

: on one side : askew, lopsided

knocked crank-sided off its foundation

Word History

Etymology

crank- perhaps irregular from Dutch krengen to careen, from Middle Dutch crenghen to cause to turn, causative from the root of cringhen to turn; akin to Middle High German krinc ring

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