Crosby
Crosby is a surname, most famously associated with Bing Crosby, the American singer and actor whose warm baritone defined mid-20th-century popular music: White Christmas remains the best-selling single of all time.
In hockey contexts, Crosby typically means Sidney Crosby, the Canadian NHL star.
The name also appears as a place name in England.
Stick-and-goal sport
- NHLPro hockey organization
- PittsburghWestern Pennsylvania industrial city
- captainOne who commands
- centerMiddle of anything
hat-trick · Stanley Cup · MVP · slapshot · playmaker · assist · faceoff · Nova Scotia
Soft-voiced romantic vocalist
- White ChristmasSnowfall on December 25th
- Holiday InnBudget lodging chain
- baritoneMid-range male voice
- Bob HopeLong-lived American comedian
golf enthusiast · pipe smoker · 1940s · 1930s · jazz vocalist
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- lineageDescent from progenitors
hockey
Stick-and-goal sport
- NHLPro hockey organization
- PittsburghWestern Pennsylvania industrial city
- captainOne who commands
center · hat-trick · Stanley Cup · MVP · slapshot · playmaker · assist · faceoff · Nova Scotia · golden goal
crooner
Soft-voiced romantic vocalist
- White ChristmasSnowfall on December 25th
- Holiday InnBudget lodging chain
- baritoneMid-range male voice
Bob Hope · golf enthusiast · pipe smoker · 1940s · 1930s · jazz vocalist
genealogy
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
lineage · Irish origin · patronymic · family tree · descendants
- athletesathlete, Olympian, champion, swimmers, runner
- Minnesota TownsDuluth, Brainerd, Chisholm, Walker, Bagley
- Mississippi PlacesNatchez, Vicksburg, Tupelo, Biloxi, Columbus
- North DakotaBismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, Badlands, Red River
- Iron Rangeiron ore, iron mining, taconite, open-pit mining, mining towns
- MerseysideLiverpool, Southport, Dingle, Vauxhall, Everton
CrosbyElvis Presley
Little Richard · Chuck Berry · Jerry Lee Lewis · Frank Sinatra · Muddy Waters
- cross outEliminate by marking
- cross the lineExceed acceptable boundaries
- cross overMove to opposite side
- cross one's fingersGesture wishing for luck
- cross my heartEmphatic truthfulness pledge
- double crossTreacherous act of betrayal