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Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1000, OED Evaluation: N/A

An earthen pot, jar, or other vessel

Example	Meaning
But anyway, they had a board across but the plaster ceiling was out there and with all the excitement of this hanging going on the women took the little crock with them.	Type of container

Speaker: Bob Hart, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 67, Interview: 1975, Belleville

Example	Meaning
Um, well it's kind of funny. People tell you that- that, "Oh you know, you'll know when you meet to--" I thought that was a whole crock of shit. I'd met lots of people in university and you-know there's lots of girls at Western, but um, what- I-don't-know, it just, everything clicked, right?	Type of container

Speaker: Torran McLaughlin, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 28, Interview: 2011, Temiskaming Shores

Example	Meaning
Speaker: Water-glass you-know, that's where you put your eggs in a crock. You ever seen a crock? Interviewer: They- Speaker: Those pottery things.	Type of container

Speaker: Henry Newman, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 74, Interview: 2012, Haliburton

Example	Meaning
But he- he'd a dill-- or, back kitchen about the size of this thing here and he'd- lined with crocks. And he- dandelion wine and rhubarb wine and beet wine.	Type of container

Speaker: Lachlan Moyles, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 84, Interview: 2012, Almonte