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What does crotchety mean?

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Adjective
  1. Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.
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Amy has a lurcher, who I've looked after on occasion, and she takes my crotchety terrier.
York is bulging at the walls with Scrooges, Grinches, crotchety crosspatches and other assorted bah humbuggers.
He was crotchety and cantankerous, but he was always a familiar face to see on the scene.
Call me a crotchety curmudgeon, but I started on this book with two mental blocks.
Augustine had an aura like lop-eared rabbits and fluffy baby chicks that demanded even the most crotchety of old men stand up and take notice.
The crotchety and the crooked have their vulnerabilities and kindnesses, and no-one is wholly good or bad.

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