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crocky

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Etymology

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From crock +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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crocky (comparative more crocky, superlative most crocky)

  1. smutty, muddy
    • 1875, Eugene Gardner, Homes And How To Make Them[1]:
      Things are shoved into it sooty and steaming to get them out of the way, and it soon gets damp and crocky beyond all hope of purification.
    • 1880, Louisa May Alcott, Jack and Jill[2]:
      "I'll wash him right after dinner, and that will keep him out of mischief for a while," she thought, as the young engineer unsuspiciously proceeded to ornament his already crocky countenance with squash, cranberry sauce, and gravy, till he looked more like a Fiji chief in full war-paint than a Christian boy.
    • 1958, Robert W. Service, Rhymes of a Red Cross Man[3]:
      But I'm crocky already; My feet, 'ow they slither and slip!