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Crock   /krɑk/   Listen
noun
Crock  n.  The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.


Crock  n.  A low stool. "I... seated her upon a little crock."


Crock  n.  Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. "Like foolish flies about an honey crock."


Crock  n.  
1.
A person who is worn out with age or illness.
2.
An old person who complains frequently about illness, especially imaginary ailments.


crock  n.  Nonsense; balderdash; humbug; usually used in the phrase a crock. (slang)


verb
Crock  v. t.  (past & past part. crocked; pres. part. crocking)  To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.


Crock  v. t.  To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.


Crock  v. i.  To give off crock or smut.





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"Crock" Quotes from Famous Books



... of sensation in my left side—something like dough rising in a crock by the fire. Mrs. ...
— Heart of the West • O. Henry
... a town, my dear, it is called the Farm," said the Dame, putting the finished rolls of butter in a brown crock; "there is no town ...
— In the Border Country • Josephine Daskam Bacon
... him. Folks he used to meet at the gate, going to the trains of mornings, on neighborly terms, hurried past him without as much as a look. And Deacon Jones, who gave him ginger-snaps out of the pantry-crock as a special bribe for a hand-shake, had even put out his foot to kick him, actually kick him, when he waylaid him at the corner that morning. The whole week there had not been as much as a visitor at the house, and what with Christmas in town—Jack knew the signs ...
— Children of the Tenements • Jacob A. Riis
... the old lady keeps in that crock on the kitchen table is worth a day's ride to git to." The Major closed an eye and with the other looked quizzically at Teeters, adding, ...
— The Fighting Shepherdess • Caroline Lockhart
... for he reckoned he would get it back threefold at harvest time. And so he did, for never was there such a crop!—the barber's wife paid her debts, kept enough for the house, and sold the rest for a great crock ...
— Tales Of The Punjab • Flora Annie Steel


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