crocks

Noun

crock (countable and uncountable, plural crocks)

1. (countable) A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
   • Therefore the Vulgar did about him flock / And cluster thick unto his leaſings vain; / Like fooliſh Flies about an Honey-Crock; / In hope by him great Benefit to gain, / And uncontrolled Freedom to obtain.1590-96, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 1750, The Works of Spenser, Volume 3, page 181
2. (countable) A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
3. (UK, countable, slang) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
   • old crocks’ home
4. (UK, countable, slang) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
   • old crocks race

   Synonyms:

   banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, flivver, gas guzzler, hooptie, jalopy

5. (Canada, US, slang) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
   • That's a bunch of crock.
6. (countable) A low stool.
   • I then inquired for the person that belonged to the petticoat; and, to my great surprise, was directed to a very beautiful young damsel, with so pretty a face and shape, that I bid her come out of the crowd, and seated her upon a little crock at my left hand.1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (Richard Steele), The Tatler, 1822, Alexander Chalmers (editor), The Tatler, 2007 Facsimile Edition, page 12

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