[f. CROCKER1: See -ERY.]
1. Crocks or earthen vessels collectively; earthenware; esp. domestic utensils of earthenware.
1755. Johnson, Crockery, earthen ware.
1835. Marryat, Jac. Faithf., x. Now, Tom, my hearty, bring out the crockery.
1883. G. Lloyd, Ebb & Flow, II. 301. I shall sell all my crockery and bric-à-brac.
2. Comb., as crockery-ware = CROCKERY.
1719. De Foe, Crusoe (1840), II. xiv. 286. They [the Chinese] told me such incredible things of their performance in crockery-ware.
1782. Miss Burney, Cecilia, V. ix. Where would be all this smart crockery work for your breakfast?
1840. R. H. Dana, Bef. Mast, xiii. 28. We had … hard-ware, crockery-ware, tin-ware, cutlery.
