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   crotchet

   /ˈkrɒtʃɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem. British
   • 2. a perverse or unfounded belief or notion: "the natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘hook’): from Old French crochet, diminutive of croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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