- crocks[plural] (old-fashioned) cups, plates, dishes, etc.
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- [countable] a large pot made of baked clay
- [countable] (British English, informal) an old person
- [countable] (British English, informal) an old car in bad condition
Word Originsenses 3 to 4 late Middle English: perhaps from Flemish, and probably related to crack. Originally a Scots term for an old ewe, it came in the late 19th cent. to denote an old or broken-down horse.senses 1 to 2 and crock of shit. Old English croc, crocca, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse krukka and probably to Dutch kruik and German Krug.
Idioms
See crock in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarya crock/pot of gold
- a large prize or reward that somebody hopes for but is unlikely to get
a crock of shit
- (taboo, slang, especially North American English) something that is not true
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