crook and nanny

Definitions

1. A very small place.
2. Average person or people.
   rare

Examples

“There's a building in St. Louis called the MEPS Building where doctors probe every crook and nanny of your body to see⟳ if you're physically fit enough to join⟳ the military.”

“Wouldn't grow⟳ straight if you put⟳ a splint on 'er. She liked the loopholes in things. The chinks, the crooks and nannies... liked to find⟳ healthy little plantlets to choke!”

“There was sand in every crook and nanny, from truck to keel. As the emerging seamen ran out of expletives so the Kalahari may have⟳ run⟳ out of sand.”

“For the currency of the lives of most us, the fashion in the business of the state has been to expand⟳ farther and farther into every nook and cranny, seeking the welfare of every crook and nanny.”

“We can also start⟳ a story with the name⟳ of someone who has star quality, a person whose name⟳ is widely known—in almost every nook and cranny, by almost every crook and nanny.”

“The criminals could never predict⟳ if a Big Polis would be feeling his collar at any time. The beat⟳ Polis knew every nook and cranny on his beat⟳, (he knew every crook and nanny too). No one, but no one, would dare to call⟳ a Big Polis, "the filth", or similar name⟳ in those days.”

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