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crock1 / kräk/ • n. 1. an earthenware pot or jar. ∎  a broken piece of earthenware.2. (also vulgar slang crock of shit) a thing that is considered to be complete nonsense.crock2 inf. • n. an old person who is feeble and useless.

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crock

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crock 1 earthen pot, etc. OE. croc and crocca, rel. to synon. Icel. krukka, and prob. further to OE. crōg ( = OHG. kruog, G. krug), OE. crūce ( = OS. krūka, Du. kruik, MHG. krūche), Ir. crogān, Gael. crog(an), W. crochan, Gr. krōssós (:- *krōkjos).

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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crock 2 old ewe XV; old broken-down horse; decrepit person or thing XIX. In earliest use Sc.; perh. of Flem. orig., cf. MDu. kraeke (Du. krak), Flem. krake; presumably rel. to CRACK.

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