CrotchetA whim; a fancy; a twist of the mind, like the crotch or crome of a stick. (See Crook.) “The duke hath crotchets in him.” Shakespeare: Measure for Measure, iii. 2. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Crotchet from Fact Monster:
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