crabbed
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This is a crabbed and mendacious interpretation of the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
She also shaved her head — all to add authenticity as her queen evolved from youth to crabbed old age.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
In the spring, Thompson crabbed, and when buyers counted crabs, the brothers said, his father often got shorted.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2022
Limbaugh might have had a choice at one point, a choice to stop being a crabbed, reactionary loudmouth and do something different.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2020
Ezeka’s crabbed handwriting had listed all he had sent on the front of the sheet.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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