CRUTCH, noun [G.] 1. A staff with a curving cross piece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame in walking. 2. Figuratively, old age. CRUTCH, verb transitive To support on crutches; to prop or sustain, with miserable helps, that which is feeble. Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse.
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