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crock

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1. crock - Noun

2. crock - Verb

3. Crock - Proper noun

Meaning

The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.

To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

To give off crock or smut.

Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.

To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Our lives are not all interconnected. That theory is a crock. Some people truly do not need to be here. Bret Easton Ellis

Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally. George S. Patton

Your lawsuit is such a crock of baloney. Judith Sheindlin

That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment. Vince McMahon

There is a crock of gold in the tomb of every chieftain, but they are all guarded by cats and fairies. Irish Proverb

There is a crock of gold in the tomb of every chieftain. Irish Proverb

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