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crocks
- Main Entry:
- 1crock

- Pronunciation:
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\ˈkräk\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English, from Old English crocc; akin to Old English crūce pot, pitcher, Middle High German krūche
- Date:
- before 12th century
1: a thick earthenware pot or jar2
[from its formation on cooking pots]
dialect : soot, smut3: coloring matter that rubs off from cloth or dyed leather4: bunkum —usually used with a<the story in the paper is a crock>
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