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crockery

[krok-uh-ree] Origin

crock·er·y

[krok-uh-ree]
noun
crocks collectively; earthenware.

Origin:
1710–20; crock1 + -ery
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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crockery (ˈkrɒkərɪ)
 
n
china dishes, earthen vessels, etc, collectively

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Word Origin & History

crockery
"earthen vessels collectively," 1719 (in crockery-ware); see crock + -ery.
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crockery definition


  1. n.
    the teeth. (See also China.) : I gotta go to the dentist for some work on my crockery.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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