Is it still called a 'crocodile'?

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A group of children walking in pairs, that is, or is the term old-fashioned now? I've only heard it in books about schools, especially the Chalet School "...or I'll have to make you croc!" I don't remember teachers ever saying it for real, although we frequently did walk in twos on school outings, and there would be the arguments about holding hands.

We never wore hi-vis though, as children seem to have to do these days.

If they are in pairs in hi-vis it's sometimes called a walking bus.
Never heard of croccing before!

It was used at my school and I’ve heard it used since.

Thanks, I just wonder if any pupils from now would know what a 'crocodile' means.

I'm a primary teacher and I have never heard of the term 'crocodile' 🙈.

I've never heard of it either.

I’ve heard it.

That's what it was called when I was at school ('80s).

I've heard of it but never used it. My class walk in pairs, holding hands (nursery). It can take ages to get sorted but they're getting quicker!

I was disappointed that the prefects at my 1970s boarding school never used that term when we were walked to and from school and other activities.

So I’ve also only read it in the Chalet School.

I've remembered a surreal reference to a "crocodile": in the Worst Witch, Miss Hardbroom instructs the girls to form a crocodile on their broomsticks and fly around the school. I hadn't heard the term at that point! Roald Dahl also says it in "Boy": "we formed a long crocodile and marched a couple of miles into Weston-Super-Mare for church".

My 10 year old's never heard of it. It was normal to me growing up in the 80s/90s.

Never heard it verbed though, and I was a Chalet School devotee.

Definitely an 80's thing. I remember it well, and kids knew what a crocodile was. I was not a child then, but working with kids.

I've remembered a surreal reference to a "crocodile": in the Worst Witch, Miss Hardbroom instructs the girls to form a crocodile on their broomsticks and fly around the school*

Well, that makes a lot more sense now! Thanks.

I would know what it meant if I heard it but suspect I wouldn't remember to say " form a crocodile, people: