| 单词 | croaker |
| 例句 | He lived in a cave, and for years whenever there was drought the villagers asked him to eat yellow croaker and pork together, and he did. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Pima started scooping up storm-stunned croakers and small redfish, throwing them into her bucket. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “So what says the croaker? Did you sort out the horse?” he asks jovially, coming to a stop in front of me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As much as he loved food from PJ’s, Chip wasn’t thinking about fried croaker and jalapeño hush puppies. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The narrow space opens with a little market, where customers can find items used by Rapp Session’s neighboring sibling: Carolina Gold rice, Virginia beer and wine, fish including croaker, oyster knives. Here’s proof you should dip into Richmond’s diverse restaurant scene 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The fresh croaker wrapped in a lettuce leaf deserves an award. A travel writer's guide to eating your way through Lisbon 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z In the late summer into autumn, mackerel and croakers pass through, and stripers and blue fish reappear as they migrate south again for the winter. Top 10 US mid-Atlantic national and state parks 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z See also: Florida Avenue Grill, where Washingtonians have been eating fried croaker with grits since 1944. 10 Reasons Washington Is a Great Restaurant City 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z In a nod to neighbors, the stock also includes locally popular croaker and blue catfish. Review | The Tavern at Ivy City Smokehouse review: ‘If it swims, we have it’ 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z When he's not in the forest looking for honey, Suheri breeds croaker fish but the eggs are expensive and there is a high chance they will die. Burning mangrove trees for a living: 'I'd quit tomorrow if I could' 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z But as the sun set along the causeway Thursday, more people were fishing for sand perch and croaker than had shown up to the support the former president. Trump and advisers caught off guard by New York indictment 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z They stopped by a market on their way home and bought a yellow croaker that Smith hooked to his line for a photo before he fried it up. Lack of answers is excruciating for family of man found shot to death at Seattle’s Gas Works Park 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Black drum are good around the bayou and deeper waters on croaker or shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Speckled trout are along the dropoffs and around the flats on shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Redfish are good in the marshy areas on croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Wading the mid-bay reefs or Bird Island for redfish is great using live shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Speckled trout and redfish are excellent on croaker and live shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Sheepshead are great right now on minnow or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Speckled trout are found in the bays using shrimp, mullet, or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Redfish and speckled trout will be found in the bays using shrimp, mullet, or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Wading the mid-bay reefs for redfish is great using live shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z North Jetty or Redfish Bay has been great for redfish and speckled trout on shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Speckled trout are found along the dropoffs and around the flats on shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Black drum are great around Copano Bay on shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z The oyster reefs and dropoffs in the deeper waters are good areas for Sheepshead and flounder on mullet or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z “Biologists found species such as Gulf menhaden, mullet, catfish, carp, Atlantic croaker, red drum, black drum, and others were present,” said Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet. State checking reports of stinky lakes after Hurricane Laura 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Speckled trout and Redfish are good around Laguna Madre on croaker or shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Black drum are plentiful around the bay on shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Black drum are good in the channels on shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Flounder are good around the drains or rocks on mullet or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z The reef areas along the south side are best for speckled trout and redfish using mullet or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Speckled trout are steady in numbers along the shoreline and near the Intracoastal Waterway and good on croaker or shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Target the large sand areas around King Ranch using croaker and move down the shoreline for redfish and speckled trout. Texas Fishing Report 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z North of the causeway remains busy with trout using croaker or shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z North of the causeway has been busy with trout using croaker or shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Drifting the big mudflats is the best method for redfish or speckled trout on live shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Live shrimp or croaker when available or soft plastics. Texas Fishing Report 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The weather has been a little all over the place lately, but north of the causeway has been busy with trout using croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Fish the wells for speckled trout with live croaker or shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Live shrimp, live croaker, or piggy perch are all great natural baits for the redfish. Texas Fishing Report 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z North Jetty or Redfish Bay have been great for redfish and speckled trout on shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Trout and redfish are good on shrimp or croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The fisherman only kept two, but reported catching white croaker one after another. Marine heat wave that resembled ‘Blob’ shrinks, moves farther offshore 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Redfish and speckled trout are good using shrimp under a popping cork or dredge croaker around the reefs. Texas Fishing Report 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Flounder are good on minnows or mullet and croakers in vegetation. Texas Fishing Report 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Redfish and speckled trout are best on shrimp or croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Flounder are good on minnows or mullet and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z It became an economic lifeline for the Cucapá, but croaker stocks are declining as a result of illegal fishing, corruption and the climate crisis, posing yet another threat to the Cucapá. 'It's where we come from': the River People in Mexico left without a river 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Golden croaker are continuing to make their run to the Gulf and can be caught near bayou mouths and channels in ten to twenty feet of water on fresh dead shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Redfish are fair along the north shoreline while wading with croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Speckled trout and redfish are good around Laguna Madre on croaker or shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Trout are fair to good in the surf on croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Trout are good on the Ship Channel on croakers and soft plastics. Texas Fishing Report 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Redfish are good on croakers or mullet, Spanish mackerel are fair on glass minnow, Mahi Mahi on squid or live cigar minnow. Texas Fishing Report 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Redfish are fair along the south shoreline while wading with croakers and shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Winds have been strong; stick to fishing grass lines with croaker and shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z January is the end of the spawning season, which means the deluge affected fry and small fish in important species for fisheries, such as croakers, curimbatás and surubins. 'The river is dying': the vast ecological cost of Brazil's mining disasters 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Trout are fair to good in the surf on topwaters, pigmies and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The editor of the Tacoma Ledger newspaper complained again and again of the “croakers” and “calamity howlers” on Pacific Avenue spreading gloom and bitterness toward Tacoma’s bankers and its business class. A lesson for today in Tacoma’s fall and Seattle’s rise in the 1890s 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Trout are fair to good on the edges of the channel on croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Trout are good for waders on croakers along the south shoreline. Texas Fishing Report 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Stocked fish populations had exploded, and fishermen spent days angling for Gulf croaker, tilapia, and orangemouth corvina, a prized game fish that can grow to over 30 pounds. As California’s largest lake dries up, it threatens nearby communities with clouds of toxic dust 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Now, the fuzzy little hopper sits among a knot of sixty or so croakers clinging tirelessly to the hood, doors, dash and rails of Dar Metz’s bright yellow SUV. Woman says there’s a method to her amphibian madness 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Trout are fair to good on the shell adjacent to the channel on live croakers and shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Trout are fair in the surf and at the jetty on croakers and shrimp.. Texas Fishing Report 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Trout are good around Pass Cavallo on soft plastics and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Trout are good at the nearshore rigs on finger mullet and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z The Atlantic croaker fish, for instance, was rare 15 years ago in southern New Jersey waters but now is abundant, said Ken Able, a Rutgers University professor. Seas rise, trees die: Climate change before your eyes 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Trout are fair from the edge of the Ship Channel on croakers and shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z In fact, if you see a single frog surrounded by a bunch of serenading croakers, called a “lek,” it’s most likely a lucky male being courted by a chorus of females. These female frogs are the first of their kind to croon to their guys 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Trout are fair to good at the jetty on live shrimp and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Trout are fair around Emmords Hole on piggy perch and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Like his father and grandfather before him, Mr. Wang, 53, made a living combing the Yellow Sea for flounder, herring, fat greenling and yellow croaker. On the Verge of Extinction, a Chinese Fishing Village Resists 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z He so abhorred singer Tony Bennett’s rendition of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” that he campaigned for the song’s removal as the city’s anthem by calling Bennett “an over-the-hill Italian croaker.” Warren Hinckle, editor of the swaggering 1960s magazine Ramparts, dies at 77 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Sand trout and croakers are good over deep reefs on shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Trout are fair around the edge of the channel on piggy perch and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on live shrimp and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Trout are fair on the drop-offs on croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z "This is the most prized fish in Asia; the yellow croaker," he says, claiming this is what the illegal trawlers are after. How China's trawlers are emptying Guinea's oceans - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Trout and redfish are good while wading mud on croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Trout are good on croakers while wading reefs and the south shoreline. Texas Fishing Report 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Trout are good on croakers in the Ship Channel. Texas Fishing Report 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Trout are good along the deep channels on croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Yeonpyeong was once a hub for yellow croaker, a small fish that was the island’s lifeblood until stocks all but disappeared in the late 1960s. Ramshackle South Korean island faces a threat more urgent than North Korea 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z At the Wharf food stand — not to be confused with the eponymous construction site — you can order combo seafood platters or sandwiches stuffed with the likes of oysters and croaker. Where to eat, drink and play on the water in the Washington region 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Redfish are fair on the edge of the ICW on shrimp and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Trout are good at the rigs on finger mullet and croaker. Texas Fishing Report 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The Cubans wanted the chicken for use in tourist restaurants and hotels, as well more modestly priced items such as croaker, a small fish served whole, bones and all. Virginia businesses begin wary courtship with Cuba 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Trout are good in the surf on croakers and live shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Trout are fair to good in the surf and at the jetty on croakers and live shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Trout are fair to good on the King Ranch shoreline on croakers, topwaters and soft plastics. Texas Fishing Report 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Trout are fair to good in the channel on croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Stranded along two muddy coasts, they used echolocation to fish for squid, octopuses, crustaceans and croaker. With only 100 left, the small vaquita porpoise is on the verge of extinction It’s the largest species within the family Sciaenidae, commonly called “drums” or “croakers” because of the vibrations produced by muscles surrounding their swim bladders, gas-filled sacs that regulate the fishes’ buoyancy. Animal Traffic 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Trout and redfish are good over mud on live croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp, croakers and piggy perch. Texas Fishing Report 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Trout are fair on the drop-offs around Pita Island on croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Trout are fair to good along the King Ranch shoreline on croakers and piggy perch. Texas Fishing Report 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Trout, redfish and croakers on shrimp at the jetty. Texas Fishing Report 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Trout are fair along the edge of the Ship Channel on croakers and shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Trout are good in the surf and at the jetty on croakers and live shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Anglers are warned to not eat white croaker and other bottom-dwelling fish caught offshore from Santa Monica to Seal Beach because of the risk of cancer and neurological effects from high PCB levels. The Mystery of the Vanishing DDT in the Ocean Near Los Angeles 2013-03-13T15:15:03.327Z This may be true, but not in the sense which these croakers of misery would intimate. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z There had been too many war-pieces of late, so the croakers urged, and the public would not stand another drama of the Rebellion. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z Trout are fair to good in the deeper holes on croakers and piggy perch. Texas Fishing Report 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The croakers had protested that we could not stir an inch. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z As they suspected, the odd croakers weren't southern or northern leopard frogs, or even a mix. Frog Species Found In Big Apple 2012-03-20T02:15:00.207Z What the public want are good plays, such as you can write, and good actors, who are not so scarce as croakers would have us believe. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z But you were always a croaker, des Ageaux, and you are making the worst of it! The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z These croakers were fain to admit that the Volunteers had done wonders. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The Supreme Court is a full year behind its docket, and the delay will inevitably multiply your few 'croakers' by many thousands. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z Jeremiah was probably the most accomplished croaker of all time. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Some of the croakers of the present day against progress would, I think, be the better of such a vomit. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Elmer purposely made out to mistake the croaker's meaning; he knew that George was thinking of the dismal outlook by which they were confronted, but chose to pretend it was something else that was intended. Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts 2011-12-17T03:00:14.840Z Rats! you old croaker, nothing would ever be accomplished in this world if everybody was like you. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z The long pleasure wharf and the miles of just that character of beach where the whiting, the croaker, the chub mackerel and the young sea bass love to feed, offer the finest of still fishing. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Some of the croakers thought it too gay for people who were engaged in a death struggle for the life of the Nation. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z Then, as now, there were croakers who thought that a boy born on a farm naturally belonged there, and that any enlightenment which tended to make him dissatisfied with his surroundings was an evil. Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada 2011-10-14T02:00:23.300Z He would go to Ole Tuft; the confounded croaker meddling in his affairs! In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z This Juan Vicente seems to have been an apt specimen of a class of croakers not peculiar to any age or country. The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 2011-09-24T02:00:14.187Z The word courbina is Italian and means croaker, from the Latin, corvus, crow. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Talk to me about your croakers, will you? The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z Trust no croakers who tell you that your youthful visions are illusions, which a little contact with the real business of the world will dispel. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z Now, if never before, the croaker was wrathfully shouted down and silenced. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z "You croaker!" she said, "we'll think about that fifty years hence." For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The spot-fin croaker appears in and near the surf of the Pacific Coast from Point Conception south to Mexico. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z “Ah, you’re a croaker, I see,” said the doctor, nodding and laughing. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z But I turned a deaf ear to the croakers, and obeyed the dictates of my own heart. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z There are croakers in every country always boding its ruin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z That is the way the croaker holds forth whenever he can get anybody to listen to him. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Side-stepping these pessimistic croakers, the organizers would go on to their task with undiminished self-confidence and energy. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z He must first deserve this jewel before he can expect her to display those qualities which money cannot buy, but which prevent marriage from being the failure sundry croakers would have us believe. Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z "You will think me a great croaker!" he said. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z With an imperturbability bred of long experience did we meet the sniggers and sneers of certain croakers below, who looked with an unfavourable eye on our proceedings. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z She was a croaker and always finding fault. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z It is a sorry choice of topics, perhaps, that is left to men old as myself when they must either be croakers or boasters. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z The pessimist, the croaker, the grumbler, the critic, work in a contrary direction. A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell 2011-01-27T03:00:42.663Z "We are now hastening to the brink with a rapidity which, croaker as I have always been, I certainly did not anticipate." Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z Maryland wildlife biologists are still investigating the deaths of 2 million spot and some croakers, also known as drum fish. Dead birds, fish kills prompt doomsday theories, but scientists say they're natural 2011-01-07T17:09:01Z And even the birds had changed into croakers. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z In the midshipmen's berth, however, there were no croakers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Silence there, old croaker," cried the Duke; "my sword—my cloak! The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion I was now pleased that I had not paid any attention to the croakers who had assured me there was no game whatever about here. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Such people silence the complaints of the croaker and command the confidence of those who are struggling to help their fellows. The Book of Courage They laughed at me, and called me "granny," and "croaker"; and I said, "I cannot live here, and will seek some other place where I can live." Elsie at Viamede The unceasing cry of these designing croakers is, My friends, your liberty is invaded! Essays on the Constitution of the United States Do not you also become a croaker," he cried; "leave me at least Raincy, who sees that the League holds the King in a cleft stick. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Long habit has rendered us callous to the melancholy state of the Church and the discomfort of governments; but in Queen Anne's time the croakers' favourite cry was a serious offence. Books Condemned to be Burnt “Listen to the old croaker, will you?” one Chester rooter called out. Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond She whispered to the image, demanding what it thought of these croakers. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 But there is discontent, in the Army of the West, with Gen. Johnston, and in the East with Bragg, and among the croakers with the President. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital I wish all these croakers had died out with that generation in Judea; but we have plenty of their descendants still. Men of the Bible Of course he is superstitious, as well as a constitutional croaker. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story You are quite a raven, a croaker of bad news, Mr. Acland.” Daddy's Girl He was, I have no doubt, one of those hoarse old croakers, that make one timid about going by ponds and marshy ground in the night, up in our State. Phemie Frost's Experiences Surely, say the croakers, such a policy cannot achieve independence. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital I don't like the case; it looks bad, very bad indeed, and I'm not a croaker. Young Barbarians Were there no croakers there would be no traitors. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy "Billy Little, you are the greatest croaker I ever knew," observed Dic, testily. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties A few voices of warning were raised, but they were immediately silenced as "croakers" and "pessimists" and even "pro-Germans." The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources President’s message is not regarded with much favor by the croakers. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital "It's always nicer, I think, to be a big frog in a little puddle than to be an unrecognised croaker in a great, big pool." Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery "Oh, that Swede's a regular croaker," replied the eldest brother. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Whatever may be said by foreign and domestic croakers, I do not doubt it for a single minute. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The fated croaker plunged at the brilliant bait, and was caught in the breast; even as a small boy, my boy thought it a cruel sight. A Boy's Town This has caused the croakers to raise a new howl against the President, for they know not what. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital “We haven’t had any of the direful mishaps, though, that those old doghouse croakers predicted.” Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer I am a wretched croaker," he said, after a moment, "I know. The Marriage of Elinor In the room were stern old croakers, Yellow vests and snow-white chokers. The Nursery, February 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers When it was proposed to end slavery in this country, croakers and conservatives protested because it was a new thing, and must of necessity produce a social convulsion. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II This casts a deeper gloom over our croakers. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Here, ye croakers about modern degeneracy, here is something that should cover you with confusion and shame. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 They laughed at me, and called me 'granny' and 'croaker'; and I said: 'I can not live here, and will seek some other place where I can live, and on two hours' notice.' Admiral Farragut A fig for your signs, you old croaker," laughed Walter, "you'll be seeing ghosts next. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Not the slightest, my dear: it is all nonsense the way in which croakers talk about the blacks. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter A few more disasters, and many of our croakers would listen to these promises. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital As the croakers went out, the young people flocked in, and never did Fourth street church witness such a revival as during that winter. 'Our Guy' or, The elder brother Although croakers, one of the bay's most abundant fish in modern times, are not mentioned, it would not be unreasonable to assume that they were included under "drummers." The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia He's a scholar, and could get to be a wardsman in the infirmary, or medicine factotum for the croaker, or maybe book-keeper for the governor. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time I hope that gentleman will be hanged, and have hardly a doubt of it, though croakers contrariwise are not wanting. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Our fondly-cherished visions of peace have vanished like a mirage of the desert; and there is general despondency among the croakers. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital You may like to have a line to let you know that it is all right here, and that the croakers were simply ridiculous. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete At the heads of the rivers there are sturgeon and in the creeks are great store of small fish, as perch, croakers, taylors, eels, and divers others whose name I know not. The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia A squeaking old croaker, with the usual old song, 'Deed yes, friends, this world is a vale of sin and misery.' The Manxman A Novel - 1895 To-morrow being St. Patrick's Day, there are apprehensions of some disturbance, and croakers predict that it will come off between to-night and Monday night. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Many of the faint-hearted croakers are anxious for peace and reconstruction. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Dolby decided that the croakers were wrong about Washington, and went on; the rather as his raised prices, which he put finally at three dollars each, gave satisfaction. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete O for one laugh of Rabelais, To rout these moralising croakers! The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Alan laughed as he replied: "What an old croaker you are!" The Rider in Khaki A Novel At that instant, as if to verify the prophecy of the croaker, the stalwart boatswain, with the assistance of the carpenter, lifted the grating off the main hatch. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany November 26th.—The weather is clear and bright again; but, oh, how dark and somber the faces of the croakers! A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital There they are, along with Dunn and the ponies—an old croaker, to make believe that they might never come back!” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites The doctor was a croaker, as was the fashion of the time, with all who pretended to peculiar political sagacity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 "The Colonies are going back to the Mother Country," the croakers said. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Some croakers said it could not last; and some of our gifted statesmen predicted that p. 49an overwhelming blow must inevitably come. Rich Enough a tale of the times The dark and dismal weather, together with our sad reverses, have made the countenances of croakers in the streets and in the offices more gloomy and somber than ever, foreboding evil in the future. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital I always like to think of Tammany when our croakers are holding up everything in this poor little island to obloquy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 At first the rumor was rejected,—no good Confederate would listen to such treason; but finally the croakers were proved to be right. Plantation Sketches Never mind Jack," said Harry: "he is a born croaker. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 But at this period there were only a few so called croakers who at all realized the magnitude of the struggle about to ensue. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner It is believed here by the croakers that Gen. Lee has lost much of his influence, from the moment Mr. Foote named him as Dictator in the event of one being declared. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital There never was such a buster of a greenback croaker. Chums of the Camp Fire I am no croaker, Beverley; but this I do say, that if we succeed with this army, as it is at present disorganised, we shall perform a miracle.” The Children of the New Forest “Haul in the slack of that, you young croaker!” cried the mate, in an angry tone. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler The “croakers” feared that it was but the commencement of disasters, and that at any moment the town might be blown into the air, or the whole island itself, for what they could tell. The Three Admirals This dismal weather casts a deeper gloom upon the spirits of the croakers. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital “Farmer Goodenough is an old croaker, after his kind,” said Mary. The Carbonels I am not one of the croakers who think it sinful to reward honesty. Three People The draft riots of New York and elsewhere these croakers and libelers are alone responsible for. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer I ain't no croaker, Reuben, but I knows what I knows. A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia The intimation, however, that all applications for “pardon,” etc. have been and are still favorably entertained, will certainly cause many of our croakers who fall into the lines of the United States forces to submit. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Without asking each other to which part this, that, or the other croaker chose to be helped, the maxim which regulated their behaviour at table was doubtless, "First come, first served." Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Thus a good deal had been done to produce the needed material of war, and to refute the croakers who found in our poverty application for the maxim, "Ex nihilo nihil fit." The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Horace has always been more or less of a pepper-pot, but he is not exactly a croaker, and he served in the war with distinction. The Opinions of a Philosopher "Why, Frances, you are not generally a croaker," her husband said lightly, "but for once, you seem to be determined to do your best to frighten Reuben, before he starts." A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia Hence the universal gloom and despondency of the croakers. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital As for the so-called demoralization of the present day, this latter class are inclined to laugh at the croakers who look at things that way. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post The majority, however, paid slight attention to these croakers, and the work of preparation for the forthcoming spectacle was pushed with eager haste. At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear We are all—Governments, people, and weather—going to the bad as fast as we can go, according to the croakers, the wiseacres, and the self-appointed prophets. Stamp Collecting as a Pastime There were still a lot of "croakers" as Torry called them. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats Although Gen. Bragg announces that the enemy’s fleet has disappeared off Wilmington, still the despondency which has seized the croakers remains. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The old salt was promptly voted a croaker. The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat A sudden wave of gratitude made him ashamed that he had ever for a moment listened to Drexley the lunatic, and Rice, miserable croaker. The Survivor Suppose one of our croakers who says, "Prohibition won't prohibit," had been on board. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures Those croakers ashore would never let us hear the end of it if we turned back. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell Yet many, very many croakers, weary of the war, would acquiesce in reconstruction, if they might save their property. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Yet so far as he could see, the croakers were not lying when they said that here at home the war had made the rich richer and the poor poorer. Poor Man's Rock Proudly pointing to this calculation, can't they exclaim to all defamers: 'Silence, croakers! All Around the Moon You're a d—d old croaker," said Woodward, "and take delight in predicting evil. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Tell me not, ye mournful croakers, Smoking is a dirty habit. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 19, 1892 Some croakers will tell you the Old Country is going to the dogs. Round the World in Seven Days Now I ask plainly, "Can the croakers declare that England was better under Grafton and 'Jemmy Twitcher' than she now is?" Side Lights There was one event that aroused my disgust, however, much more than the croakers had done—Ben Butler was nominated for Governor of Massachusetts. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him As the race of competent, industrious mechanics is not yet extinct, whatever the croakers may say such were found to build the house, which was well closed in before winter. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure Prophet!" said I, "of all evil, that we're 'going to the devil' Has been the old croaker's gospel for a century, and more. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 31, 1891 "I can see Mrs. Mallet is a horrible old croaker," said Lady Atherley. Cecilia de Noël Whenever any croaker begins speaking about the golden age that is gone, I advise my readers to try a system of cross-examination. Side Lights He will be for you and against you; eager, slow; a wooer, a scorner; a singer of madrigals, ah, and a croaker afterwards. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay And then my nurse, who was what the doctor calls a croaker, began on a long series of stories of ladies who, having "let themselves down" had died, either at childbirth or soon afterwards. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill I would not be dampened, though, by an old croaker. Helmet of Navarre There are only fools like this croaker here who see any harm in it. Abbe Mouret's Transgression The croaker is always securely indefinite, and a strict, vigorous series of questions reduces him to rage and impotence. Side Lights Whereupon, the old croakers, each with a quinsy, sang thus in cracked strains:— Quack! Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II "He said he was a croaker, and he wasn't going to let himself be depressed by anybody--doctor or no." Lady Connie Old croakers, deacons of the mire, That led the deep batrachian choir, Uk! The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell There were diversion and amusement for everybody and every class of men, except croakers and grumblers. History of Kershaw's Brigade The Major's an old croaker, but he'd go, too, if it were not necessary for him to stay in New York and attend to business. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work So vote away, dear Canada! our faith's in friendly freedom, dear; And croakers, Yank, or Canuck, or home-born, we shall not heed 'em, dear! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 The croaker says I'll come to time for six months longer—maybe a year if I hold my gait. Heart of the West [Annotated] The number of croakers in garrison became perfectly frightful, lugubrious looks and dismal prophecies being encountered every where. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 The croaker raised his voice: the black heath had turned green, but it was still heath, of no value to any one, then or ever. Hero Tales of the Far North I have no doubt the croakers of that day told Shakespeare the same. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters He was no croaker," observes his friendly biographer, "no declaimer against the times. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Because, you see, I was so sure I was going to succeed, as I had succeeded before against odds and in the face of all the croakers and prophets of misfortune had to say. Between You and Me O'er wasting care let croakers whine, Care we'll defy at forty-nine. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 Such astounding facts as these the industrious Buckle of the year 3000, intent upon a history of our American civilization, will quote to the croakers of that day as samples of our nineteenth-century barbarism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Even in Chicago, croakers were not wanting to predict that the railroad would monopolize all the trade of the place. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator And here I am just in the act of annihilating with a logical stroke a multitude of grumblers and croakers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 "Why, Archer, you're a regular croaker!" one of the others said. Jack Archer Nor did the croakers have long to wait. Return of Tarzan In every direction, and in spite of foolish croakers, the human race has improved. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers Philip had angled fiercely, landing trout, croakers, sheepshead, snappers in bewildering luck. The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories I'm not a croaker, but—take a warning. The Circular Staircase But he was jeered down as a croaker. The Octopus : A story of California We need not wonder, then, that a traveller like Ibn Ezra was no croaker, but a genial critic of life. The Book of Delight and Other Papers One day Samuel Nickle, an old citizen of the town, known somewhat as a croaker, was passing by, and, looking up, he read the sign. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin As for poor old Tom, I daresay he'll live to be a hale, hearty old man, in spite of the croakers. Birds of Prey And Mr. Darwin might have immortalized himself by deriving the builders of the ancient pile-habitations and other primitive water-rats and croakers of the Swiss lakes, from this tailless batrachian. Life: Its True Genesis The croakers, clad in black coats, and with snowy shirt bosoms, began to mutter under their breath, "It is useless to struggle longer!" Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee "Oh, you funny old croaker!" laughed the girl. The Desert and the Sown Benjamin saw at once that he was talking with a croaker and treated him accordingly. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin No doubt, too, these croakers feared that this tumult might come to formidable size, and bring down Pilate's heavy hand on them. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke "Oh, I'm only an old croaker, I know," Harry confessed. The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand The croakers said that—and the brave hearts whom they insulted could not silence them. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee When I read that, I said some of the croakers of the present day would be better for such a vomit. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. It is the very difficulties over which the croakers shake their heads that make the experiment interesting, momentous. America To-day, Observations and Reflections "Away with ye, old croaker!" cried the master, seizing him by the collar; "away with ye to the hold, or I'll order you fired from a gun." The Pilot "Why, what a little croaker you are, to be sure!" The Mystery of Cloomber I see you think me a croaker," said Mr. X——-, tranquilly smoking, "and doubtless say to yourself, colonel, that I am injudicious in thus discouraging a soldier, who is fighting for this cause. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee "Oh, who asked you to put in your two cents' worth, you old croaker?" said Herb, giving Jimmy a poke in his well padded ribs. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize You'll think me a regular professional croaker but really I suppose, at bottom, it was some sort of feeling that the whole thing, this shouting and cheering and thumping the table—was premature. Fortitude "How now, Tom," he said, sharply, "have ye turned croaker in your old age? what see you, to cause such an old woman's ditty?" The Pilot They were very beautiful, too, but somehow Marmaduke loved the first blue croaker and the bright agate and the little gray mig best of all. Half-Past Seven Stories There were stout souls in black coats—but the croakers distilled their poison, working busily in the darkness. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee I never thought that you were a croaker before," Field said, "except just before the last fight; but certainly things have gone very badly lately. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader The shepherd came, caught, caged, and, to their joy, Gave croaker to his children for a toy. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes The Doctor is a croaker, Miss Hannay; there is no occasion to trust him too implicitly. Rujub, the Juggler Do not, pray, think me a croaker without good reason for croaking. Lady John Russell It was the croakers who bought up the supplies, and hoarded them in garrets, and retailed them in driblets, thereby causing the enormous prices which, according to them, foretold the coming downfall. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee "I'm afraid you are a croaker," said Diamond, unable to keep still longer. Frank Merriwell's Nobility The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp Certain croakers even insinuate that the vice-admiral hesitates to organise the resistance, but we will not listen to them, and are on the whole full of confidence and resolution. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) Again, Ericsson, as an experimenter and pioneer, was by some considered as a dreamer, and before the "Monitor" was completed there was no lack of croakers who prophesied failure or who openly ridiculed the idea. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents The fact was, at that time Mr. Webster seemed to be a croaker, a Jeremiah, as Burke at one time seemed to his generation, when he denounced the recklessness of the French Revolution. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders The croakers believed in success, and their patron saint was Mammon. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Some call him a croaker, without sympathy for the ideas on which modern progress is based; but he was really one of the great reformers of his day. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen But distinguished as he was, his voice was disregarded, and he was probably looked upon as an old croaker, whose gloomy views had no reason to sustain them. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets You must not think me a croaker, Tom," and he smiled down at me again, "but indeed I see many chances of failure. A Soldier of Virginia It so chanced that during this day the rations dealt out to us were smaller than before, and this gave the fool croakers an opportunity of airing their grievances in fine style. The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley Meat and drink was the religion of the croakers in those days. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee As for the prophets of evil, only confirmed optimists can reclaim a desert or settle a new country and the croakers received little attention. The Winning of Barbara Worth Why are you such a croaker today, Grey?' The Pothunters At the same time he was no "croaker," and far from being a "doubting Thomas." In Camp on the Big Sunflower As if the decadence were not already in progress, and they, the croakers, responsible for it! The Prince of India — Volume 02 Only a few contemplative men hid themselves in retired places, but were denounced as croakers or evil minded. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. May I, without being considered a croaker, say that almost the same amount of spiritual power goes to waste in our average church life? White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor "You don't see anything wrong with her, old croaker; do you?" demanded Jack, laughing as usual. On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake There are always croakers on board ship, if the weather changes however slightly, but the Britannia was free, that voyage, of such unwelcome passengers. Public Speaking It's these croakers on the road who really make business dull when there is every reason for it to be good. Tales of the Road You are grown a croaker, Kingsley, and I will leave you. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story And then, for the first time since the disaster, the note of the croaker was heard. West Wind Drift So he came West, I suppose, and bought a lot of redwood timber cheap from some old croaker who never could see any future to the redwood lumber industry. The Valley of the Giants And as the wind lulled Julia heard the brave little voices of a hundred tiny croakers in some wet bit of meadow. The Story of Julia Page We'll kill that one crow and hang him up in full view of the rest of those croakers! The Landloper The ancients, in most nations, had a peculiar dislike to croakers, prophets of evil, and the bearers of evil tidings. Friends and Neighbors Every woman carries her knitting, and it is seldom that you hear a croaker even among the most luxurious class. Letters of Franklin K. Lane Hang him; we will but use his tongue, his noise, As we do croakers here. Volpone; Or, the Fox Miss Herbert had been voted "no chance," because she made no secret of her extravagant tastes in dress and jewels,—yet despite society croakers she had won the game. The Secret Power Tim Lacy told me he got some once from a croaker uptown and fed 'em to his girl in soda water. The Four Million I am rather a croaker, and I do rather fear that the merit of the articles will be above the run of common readers and subscribers. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 That is to say, such questions as are propounded by chronic croakers: Will the city be rebuilt? Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam I don't say nay, but to my regret these croakers didn't serenade us as we passed. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea "You'd better wait till you get round Cape Horn," says an old croaker. Two Years Before the Mast And what," said Drake, "would have kept me, if I'd let 'em, from ever sailing round the world, but these same croakers? Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth The croaker says I'll come to time for six months longer--maybe a year if I hold my gait. Heart of the West The most inveterate croaker and grumbler in the world—and yet, according to his own account, the only cheerful man in the whole ship's company. The Frozen Deep Well, I can prate with thee, grey croaker, no more: thou growest worse and worse—Vale! Last Days of Pompeii Tom, I don't want to be a croaker, but I think you'll have to watch out for those men. Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky The father of all manner of troubles on earth, be they noxious trade of croakers! Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth No wonder that croakers declared that the little party had been cut off to perish miserably in the pathless woods that cover the heart of the continent. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 Happy Jack, butt of all their jokes and jibes; Happy the croaker, the lugubrious forecaster of trouble; Happy Jack, the ugliest, the stupidest, the softest-hearted man of them all. The Flying U Ranch You listen to every street-corner croaker and then come and set here and try to scare ME out of a big thing! The Turmoil, a novel Believe me, Miss Vivie, the world isn't such a bad place as the croakers make out. Mrs. Warren's Profession What brought Mr. Andrew Barker to his death but croakers? Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth So they tried fishing, and caught some "croakers," which tasted very fresh and good, after all the curried and doctored-up messes we had been obliged to eat on board ship. Vanished Arizona What but these same beggarly croakers, that be only fit to be turned into yellow-hammers up to Dartymoor, and sit on a tor all day, and cry 'Very little bit of bread, and no chee-e-ese!' Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth |
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