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Synonyms for crock

Grammar : Noun
Spell : krok
Phonetic Transcription : krÉ’k

Définition of crock

Origin :
  • Old English crocc, crocca "pot, vessel," from Proto-Germanic *krogu "pitcher, pot" (cf. Old Frisian krocha "pot," Old Saxon kruka, Middle Dutch cruke, Dutch kruik, Old High German kruog "pitcher," German Krug, Old Norse krukka "pot"). Perhaps from the same source as Middle Irish crocan "pot," Greek krossos "pitcher," Old Church Slavonic krugla "cup." Used as an image of worthless rubbish since 19c., perhaps from the use of crockery as chamberpots.
  • noun jar
Example sentences :
  • Strain the cream from the crock into the churn, and put on the lid.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • She put the crock down and came close to him and took hold of his arm.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • All of us on your hands, and no money, and me such a crock, and presently a new baby.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • Should he blab it out, and so be poor again, and lose the crock?
  • Extract from : « The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper » by Martin Farquhar Tupper
  • They were a crock of salt, a tin of soda and a porcelain pitcher of water.
  • Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell
  • The quartet that empties its crock first wins the game, and then the sets of players change.
  • Extract from : « Cupology » by Clara
  • What did you call that mess in the crock with the handle, Longy?
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
  • "Get out a crock of strawberry preserves," said Marilla consolingly.
  • Extract from : « Anne Of Avonlea » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Would they like to look into the crock, and see if a man was boiling there?
  • Extract from : « Cornish Saints and Sinners » by J. Henry Harris
  • Upon this crock, which was placed under the beam, he was requested to stand.
  • Extract from : « Wanderings in India » by John Lang

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