Definition of Crutch

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Crutch

A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.

A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

A knee, or piece of knee timber

A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.

To support on crutches; to prop up.

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Crutch Quotations

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.
Richard Dawkins

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
James A. Baldwin

Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
Lily Tomlin

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.
Robin Williams

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
Karl Kraus

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.
Jesse Ventura

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
John Dryden

I look at smoking as a crutch, and as an actor I would like strip away as many crutches as possible.
Claire Forlani

When you're together with someone for some time, you will automatically depend on them as if they were a crutch. And then it ends.
Kim Wilde

I really took filmmaking very seriously... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I just set out to make movies.
John Singleton

Crutch Translations

crutch in Afrikaans is kruk
crutch in Dutch is kruk
crutch in Italian is gruccia
crutch in Norwegian is krykke
crutch in Spanish is muleta

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