[Vocabulary] crocodile (BE)

[Mnemon]

crocodile (noun)

[2][countable] [British] a group of children walking in pairs in a line

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Example:
‘Will the UK scheme to walk a crocodile of children to school give them independence - or simply embarrass them?’

Is the sense given in current use in BE?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes.

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[Mnemon]

I see. Thanks for the time you've spent so as to answer my questions.