"crotch down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: crotches down [present, singular, third-person], crotching down [participle, present], crotched down [participle, past], crotched down [past]
Etymology: Probably originally an eggcorn for crouch down. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} crotch down (third-person singular simple present crotches down, present participle crotching down, simple past and past participle crotched down)
  1. To crouch.

Inflected forms

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          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2017, Richard Smith, God Bless These Boys, page 69:",
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          "text": "He was now crotched down on his knees, diligently digging at a plant, a trowel now in his hand.",
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