Meaning of crocodilly | Babel Free

Definitions

A crocodile.

childish, colloquial

Examples

“Mostly they is crocodilly but some be alligator that favor the crocodilly. Right now the place⟳ have⟳ a high scent but don’t let⟳ these animals worry⟳ you none, Mr. Bernard. I’m gon’a fumigate this place⟳ and paint⟳ it up, pretty, pretty.”

““Mama, someone’s knocking at the back door,” Tommy-Blue called out. / Everyone in the room paused to listen⟳. / Everyone except one. “I’m a crocodilly!” Punky squealed. / “Shhh, Punky . . . listen⟳!” Corrie and Dola cautioned at the same time.”

“Only Walt, who with the others had by then arrived, wouldn’t eat⟳ the Callaloo Stew with Frizzled Chicken. ‘You don’t eat⟳ your friends with a knife and spoon,’ he explained with dignity. / ‘He’d never eat⟳ a crocodilly neither,’ supposed Cuth.”

““Don’t know⟳. One of them turtles, maybe.” / “A plesie?” I said. “Are you sure?” / Davy shifted from one foot to the other. “Well, it could be a crocodilly. I never knowed the difference.””

““We used rocks and bottles, but could not kill⟳ the crocodilly.” / “Yeah. They’re thick-skinned bastards.””

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