Adjective

(en adjective)

smutty, muddy

* {{quote-book, year=1875, author=Eugene Gardner, title=Homes And How To Make Them, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=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. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1880, author=Louisa May Alcott, title=Jack and Jill, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage="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. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1958, author=Robert W. Service, title=Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, chapter=, edition= citation

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