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cro·quis (krō′kē)

noun pl. croquis cro′·quis (-kē, -kēz)

a rough sketch, esp. one made by a designer of women's fashions

Etymology: Fr < croquer, to sketch, draw hastily, earlier to know slightly, nibble, crunch < croc, a crackling noise, of echoic orig.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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