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How to use crock in a sentence

22 example sentences · noun, verb

Crock means a stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container. Example: “That's a bunch of crock.”

Examples of crock by meaning

nounA person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

  • old crocks’ home
  • “Can′t ask a girl to marry a crock.”1932, Helen Simpson, Boomerang, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0800611

nounAn old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).

  • old crocks race
  • Hire some old crock, safety.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 6: Hades]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 96

nounSilly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.

  • That's a bunch of crock.
  • The story is a crock.

verbTo break something or injure someone.

  • "That last time I brought down Barry I crocked him.1904, P.G. Wodehouse, The Gold Bat
  • Thousands of cars crocked by dodgy fuel2007 January 3, Daily Mirror

verbTo transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.

  • 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.1917, John H. Pfingsten, "Colouring-matter for leather and method of using the same" http://www.google.com/patents?id=G3xVAAAAEBAJ, US...
  • Colored fabrics should be dried separately for the first few times to prevent crocking (rubbing off of dye).1964, Isabel Barnum Wingate, Know Your Merchandise, page 109
  • In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.2002, Sandy Scrivano, Sewing With Leather & Suede, →ISBN, page 95

verbTo put or store (something) in a crock or pot.

  • She filled the pail and carried it down to the springhouse to crock it and leave it to cool.1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug

More sentences with crock

  • The green sheen on the surface is because of that painted box crocking off.From the entry crock off
  • It can be served in a large terrine, as well as in individual crock pots.2012, Jacques Pépin, Jacques Pépin New Complete Techniques Sampler, →ISBN. From the entry gratinée
  • "It was like turning up a crock of gold," he remembers.2011, Jon Kelly, “The piece of paper that fooled Hitler”, in bbc.com, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2015, people. From the entry crock of gold
  • Arrange a tray with assorted bread slices and a big crock of herb butter.2010, Lucinda Hutson, The Herb Garden Cookbook: The Complete Gardening and Gourmet Guide, 2nd edition, University of Texas Press, →ISBN. From the entry herb butter
  • Gary Ackerman of New York called the president’s “no new-taxes” pledge a “pure, unadulterated crock of Bushlip.”1990 March 24, “Issues: American humor; Bush bashing with broccoli: what next?”, in Mike Jacobs, editor, Grand Forks Herald, 111th year…. From the entry bushlip
  • They thought about pulling ashore to camp, however bloats of hippos, teams of crocks, and swarms of mozzies changed their minds.2026, Santiago Dizon, Joanne and the Headhunters. From the entry bloat
  • What a crock; you're off your block.2007, Thurman Woodfork, Guitars, Sandbags, and Saigon Tea, page 163. From the entry off one's block
  • Aside from the problem that some were 'old crocks' and some leadswingers, there was the entirely avoidable problem caused by failure to acclimatise the drafts.2011, Charles Townshend, Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia, Cambridge, M.A.: Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 302. From the entry leadswinger
  • Foie gras comes in bocaux, hermetically sealed glass jars, or in fancy terrines, round porcelain crocks, fancily decorated and more expensive because of the packaging.1979 October 24, Craig Claiborne, “Pate de foie gras called the ultimate”, in The Greenwood Commonwealth, Greenwood, Miss., published 26…. From the entry bocal
  • Reluctantly Bradly unrolled the canvas, which the trooper took from him to hold at arm's length, shutting one eye and crocking his neck sideways in a severe exercise of connoisseurship.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 155. From the entry connoisseurship

Meaning of crock

  1. noun A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
  2. noun A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
  3. noun A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

Full definition of crock

Questions about crock in a sentence

How do you use crock in a sentence?
Crock is used as a noun and verb. For example: “That's a bunch of crock.”
What is a short sentence with crock?
“old crocks race”
What does crock mean?
Crock means a stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

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