Mrs. cruncher, in A Tale of Two Cities, objected to the questionable ways in which Mr. cruncher earned his money sometimes.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
His surname was cruncher, and on the youthful occasion of his renouncing by proxy the works of darkness, in the easterly parish church of Hounsditch, he had received the added appellation of Jerry.
"A Tale of Two Cities A Story of the French Revolution"
Charles Dickens
Mr. cruncher reposed under a patchwork counterpane, like a Harlequin at home.
"A Tale of Two Cities A Story of the French Revolution"
Charles Dickens