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1
slang
a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
- ever more ornery as he grew older, he swore that he didn't need some croaker telling him that smoking was bad for his health
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2
an irritable and complaining person
- she becomes a real croaker when she's overtired
Synonyms for croaker
- bear,
- bellyacher,
- complainer,
- crab,
- crank,
- crosspatch,
- curmudgeon,
- fusser,
- griper,
- grouch,
- grouser,
- growler,
- grumbler,
- grump,
- murmurer,
- mutterer,
- sourpuss,
- whiner
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“Croaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croaker. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of croaker was in 1648
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