Definition of crutches

"crutches" in the noun sense

1. crutch

a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground used by disabled person while walking

2. crutch

anything that serves as an expedient

"he uses drugs as a psychological crutch"

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Quotations for crutches

When all the sins are old in us.
And go upon crutches, covetousness
Does but lie in her cradle. [ Decker ]

One foot is better than two crutches. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds. [ John Webster ]

Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites. [ William Shakespeare ]

Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches. [ Massinger ]

Opinion, which on crutches walks, And sounds the words another talks. [ Lloyd ]

Government is a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing over-much kills the self-help and energy of the governed. [ Wendell Phillips ]

The censure of frequent and long parentheses has led writers into the preposterous expedient of leaving out the marks by which they are indicated. It is no cure to a lame man to take away his crutches. [ Whately ]

crutches in Scrabble®

The word crutches is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters crutches:

CRUTCHES
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crutches in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

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Words within the letters of crutches

2 letter words in crutches (5 words)

3 letter words in crutches (16 words)

6 letter words in crutches (7 words)

8 letter words in crutches (1 word)

crutches + 1 blank (1 word)

crutches + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence crutches

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Word Growth involving crutches

Shorter words in crutches

rut crutch

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Longer words containing crutches

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