Not all the boys had gone over to the other side, some staying away on account of the fatigue of the journey and others, noticeably Herring and his Cronies, because they were either not asked or would not have gone if they had been.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
The Cronies are busy in the day time and they have engagements and pleasures in the evening, so that our retired friend seems to be in the way.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter
John was encouraged in his tyranny over his son by some of his old Cronies, who were in the habit of sitting in the Maypole in the evenings and praising John for his firmness in training his son.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes