crock

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crock1 informal

▶noun Brit. an old person considered to be feeble and useless.

■ an old and worn-out vehicle.

▶verb

• 1 Brit. cause an injury to.

• 2 (as adj. crocked) N. Amer. drunk.

– origin ME (orig. denoting an old ewe, later an old or broken-down horse): perh. from Flemish, and prob. rel. to crack.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crock2

▶noun

• 1 an earthenware pot or jar.

  ■ a broken piece of earthenware.

  ■ a plate, cup, or other item of crockery.

• 2 (also vulgar slang crock of shit) chiefly N. Amer. something considered to be complete nonsense.

– origin OE croc, crocca, of Gmc origin.