crummock

noun

crum·​mock

ˈkrəmək

plural -s

chiefly Scottish

: a staff with a crooked head

Word History

Etymology

Scottish Gaelic cromag anything bent, from crom crooked; akin to Old Irish cromm, Old English gehrumpen wrinkled

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