As a matter of fact, he was what is commonly called a crank, and very jealous of his reputation.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
She is the worst crank I ever saw.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
The iron crank that would have hurled him into the river as its span fell with a rattle, and that was one peril gone; but the lever he grasped was difficult to move, and his hands were stiff and numb.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton