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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English crūce, from Proto-West Germanic *krūkā.
Noun
crouke
- A pitcher, jug.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Reeve's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4158-4159:
And whan that dronken al was in the crouke,
To bedde went the doghter right anon; [...]- And when all that was in the crock was drunk,
To bed went the daughter right away;
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