crook-necked, a.
Having a crooked neck; spec. U.S., applied to a variety of squash (cf. crook-neck and crooked a. 5 b).
| a 1529 Skelton El. Rummyng 427 Croke necked like an owl. 1818 Massachusetts Spy 11 Nov. (Th.), Upwards of ten tons of the best crook-necked winter Squashes. 1945 New Eng. Homestead 27 Oct. 3/2 They are..the size of a summer crooknecked squash. |