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Crockery

So, the lawyer I work for never heard of crockery, which made me wonder where the word came from. Is it archaic? Or British?

If you know, please share--and if you don't, feel welcome to make up something outrageous!
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[identity profile] dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
It's archaic, 1750s it appears. used to be common parlance vs cutlery.

[identity profile] smoooom.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Actually it's dishes, plates cups saucers etc. At least in the uses I've always heard it.

[identity profile] dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
exactly.

[identity profile] wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
cutlery and crockery--that makes sense.

[identity profile] smoooom.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
It is as far as I know a british term. It gets a lot of use over here both in Canada and the US but not every one knows it. I have no idea where it comes from. I just know when to use it (G)

[identity profile] wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
Grinning back at you!

Maybe more than you wanted to know

[identity profile] dsgood.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
From the Online Etymology Dictionary http://etymonline.com:

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

crock O.E. crocc, crocca "pot, vessel," from P.Gmc. *krogu "pitcher, pot" (cf. O.Fris. krocha "pot," O.S. kruka, M.Du. cruke, Du. kruik, O.H.G. kruog "pitcher," Ger. Krug, O.N. krukka "pot"). Perhaps from the same source as M.Ir. crocan "pot," Gk. krossos "pitcher," O.C.S. krugla "cup." Used as an image of worthless rubbish since 19c., perhaps from the use of crockery as chamberpots.

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[identity profile] wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
LOL! The internets are wonderful. Thank you.

Definitely archaic, then, at least here in the states.
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[identity profile] dianavilliers.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
It's in current use here, meaning basically ceramic tableware.

[identity profile] valdary.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
Crockery is in common use in Britain, though I notice we don't use the word as frequently as we did when I was younger. I would expect a teenager to know the word but not to use it.

[identity profile] beige-alert.livejournal.com 2010-08-14 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Native speaker of English? From the US? I mean, it's not a word most of us use too often, but to not know it at all seems odd.
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