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# A [[stoneware]] or [[earthenware]] [[jar]] or [[storage]] [[container]]. |
# A [[stoneware]] or [[earthenware]] [[jar]] or [[storage]] [[container]]. |
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# A piece of broken pottery, a [[shard]]. |
# A piece of broken pottery, a [[shard]]. |
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# {{UK}} A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury. |
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#* '''1925''', [[w:John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir|John Buchan]], ''[[w:John Macnab|John Macnab]]'', [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300621.txt Gutenberg Australia eBook #0300621], |
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#*: He was getting very proud of the way he had learned to manage his game leg, and it occurred to him that here was a chance of testing his balance.{{...}}“Not so bad that, for a '''crock''',” he told himself, as he lay full length in the sun watching the faint line of the Haripol hills overtopping the ridge of Crask. |
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#* '''1932''', Helen Simpson, ''Boomerang'', [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks08/0800611h.html Gutenberg Australia eBook #0800611], |
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#*: He was in love with a girl, whose full name he did not tell me, and whom he had not seen for two years. She was a Lady Diana Someone, so much I knew, very lovely, a sort of relation, and he believed he had a chance if only the doctors could do something to help his asthma. “Can′t ask a girl to marry a '''crock'''.” |
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#: ''Old crocks race'' = veteran car rally |
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#:''That is a bunch of '''crock'''.'' |
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#: ''The story is a '''crock'''.'' |
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Revision as of 11:39, 8 February 2012
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) crokke, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) crocc, (deprecated template usage) crocca, from Template:proto, from Template:proto. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) kruik, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) Krug, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish (deprecated template usage) krukke, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic (deprecated template usage) krukka, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) crōg, (deprecated template usage) crōh. See also cruse.
Pronunciation
Noun
crock (plural crocks)
- A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- Template:UK A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
- Old crocks home = home for the aged
- 1925, John Buchan, John Macnab, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0300621,
- He was getting very proud of the way he had learned to manage his game leg, and it occurred to him that here was a chance of testing his balance. […] “Not so bad that, for a crock,” he told himself, as he lay full length in the sun watching the faint line of the Haripol hills overtopping the ridge of Crask.
- 1932, Helen Simpson, Boomerang, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0800611,
- He was in love with a girl, whose full name he did not tell me, and whom he had not seen for two years. She was a Lady Diana Someone, so much I knew, very lovely, a sort of relation, and he believed he had a chance if only the doctors could do something to help his asthma. “Can′t ask a girl to marry a crock.”
- Template:UK An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse).
- Old crocks race = veteran car rally
- Template:slang Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
- That is a bunch of crock.
- The story is a crock.
Translations
stoneware or earthenware jar
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piece of broken pottery, a shard
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old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse)
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Verb
crock (third-person singular simple present crocks, present participle crocking, simple past and past participle crocked)
- To break something or injure someone.
- 1904, P.G. Wodehouse, The Gold Bat [1]:
- "That last time I brought down Barry I crocked him. He's in his study now with a sprained ankle. ..."
- 2007 January 3, Daily Mirror:
- Thousands of cars crocked by dodgy fuel
- 2006 April 30, The Sunday Times:
- Ferreira ... peremptorily expunges England’s World Cup chances by crocking Wayne Rooney.
- 1904, P.G. Wodehouse, The Gold Bat [1]:
- Template:textiles To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
- 1917, John H. Pfingsten, "Colouring-matter for leather and method of using the same" [2], US Patent 1371572, page 1:
- thus producing a permanent, definite color thereon which will not fade or crock, and at the same time using up all of the coloring matter.
- 1964, Isabel Barnum Wingate, Know Your Merchandise [3], page 109:
- Colored fabrics should be dried separately for the first few times to prevent crocking (rubbing off of dye).
- 2002, Sandy Scrivano, Sewing With Leather & Suede [4], ISBN 1579902731, page 95:
- In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.
- 1917, John H. Pfingsten, "Colouring-matter for leather and method of using the same" [2], US Patent 1371572, page 1:
- Template:horticulture To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- 1900, H.A. Burberry, The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book [5], page 21:
- The pots should be crocked for drainage to one-half their depth and the plants made moderately firm in the compost, as already indicated...
- 1900, H.A. Burberry, The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book [5], page 21:
Translations
To break something or injure someone
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Derived terms
References
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[6] (etymology)