CROCODILE'S TEARS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Crocodile's Tears Hypocritical tears. The tale is, that crocodiles moan and sigh like a person in deep distress, to allare travellers to the spot, and even shed tears over their prey while in the act of devouring it. "As the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers." Shakespeare: 2 Henry VI., iii. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	CROCODILE'S TEARS. The tears of a hypocrite. Crocodiles are fabulously reported to shed tears over their prey before they devour it. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Anagrams: CROCODILE'S TEARS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "'-a-c-c-d-e-e-i-l-o-o-r-r-s-s-t"
	-4 letters: clearstories.
	-5 letters: codirectors, desecrators, desiccators, reaccredits.
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