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"word": "krustig"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "having a crust",
"word": "Krusten-"
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"roman": "xeropsiménos",
"sense": "having a crust",
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"roman": "korkovyj",
"sense": "having a crust",
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"word": "корковый"
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"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
"word": "nors"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
"word": "mürrisch"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
"word": "reizbar"
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"roman": "kakótropos",
"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
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"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
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"word": "rabugento"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "jeršistyj",
"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
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"word": "ершистый"
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"word": "gruñón"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
"word": "irritable"
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"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
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"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
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"sense": "grumpy, short-tempered",
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"ref": "1999, Vinnie Hansen, Murder, Honey, Xlibris Corporation,, →ISBN, page 155:",
"text": "Against the backdrop of muted stripes of color, Julieanne picked at her eyes’ crusties, and then combed her hair with the hand.",
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"ref": "2003, Mary O'Connell, “Saint Anne”, in Living with Saints, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 209:",
"text": "Jesus, how could I bear the sight of him—sleep crusties lodged in the corners of his rheumy eyes, a puff of chest hair cresting like meringue over the top of his V-neck sweater, khakis jacked up to his breastbone—when I was used to looking at the singularly lovely Isabella?",
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{
"ref": "2005, Jeffrey Dinsmore, I, an Actress: The Autobiography of Karen Jamey, Contemporary Press, page 51",
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"ref": "1998, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, Soft Skull Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 135:",
"text": "The Spirals are part of the crossover between the rave scene and the ‘crusty’ subculture—crusties being squat-dwelling anarcho-hippy-punk types named after their matted dreadlocks and post-apocalyptic garb.",
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"ref": "2010, Matthew Collin, Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House, page 202:",
"text": "Many of them, dressed in raggedy black combat gear, with haircuts that matched and mismatched punk, Rasta and Native American styles - a look which would later be codified as 'crustie' - began to join the travellers on the road. This influx from the cities changed the travelling scene, and after the Battle of the Beanfield, sections of the downcast and disillusioned travelling community began to seek oblivion through Special Brew superlager or even heroin as the dream of rural liberation turned sour.",
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"ref": "2019 October 10, “The Guardian view on the Extinction Rebellion protests: of course they’re an inconvenience”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "The predictable complaints began as soon as Extinction Rebellion launched its fortnight of protest in London, part of an international campaign of civil disobedience in as many as 60 cities worldwide. Politicians have moaned that the police are being too passive, and Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, labelled the protesters – who include a former Metropolitan police detective – “uncooperative crusties”.",
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