Associations to the word «Crusty»

Wiktionary

CRUSTY, adjective. Pertaining to or having a crust, as, for example, in the case of bread.
CRUSTY, adjective. (figuratively) (of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature; peevish, surly, harsh.
CRUSTY, noun. (chiefly British) A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
CRUSTY, noun. (slang) Dried eye mucus.
CRUSTY, noun. (chiefly UK) A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.

Dictionary definition

CRUSTY, adjective. Having a hardened crust as a covering.
CRUSTY, adjective. Brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply".

Wise words

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