crocky

crocky

English

Etymology

crock +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒki

Adjective

crocky (comparative more crocky, superlative most crocky)

1. smutty, muddy
   • 1875, Eugene Gardner, Homes And How To Make Them‎:

     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:

     "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:

     But I'm crocky already; My feet, 'ow they slither and slip!