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Then they were in the very middle of a crabbed pamphlet, in which Ivan's superior knowledge of German had been invaluable.
MRS. OVERTHEWAY'S REMEMBRANCESJULIANA HORATIA EWING
I am crabbed and prejudiced and critical, and I dislike irregularity.
SHORT STORIES OF VARIOUS TYPESVARIOUS
"I dond pelief dot boy vos harmed by der men dot hadt idt dis room," declared the crabbed old man.
THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS AND THE NAVAL CODEJOHN HENRY GOLDFRAP, AKA CAPTAIN WILBUR LAWTON
As far as any one knew the crabbed old man never spoke to his devoted neighbour, but she had never complained.
AT THE CROSSROADSHARRIET T. COMSTOCK
Did you ever start in the morning feeling cross and crabbed?
NUGGETS OF THE NEW THOUGHTWILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON,
Therefore old critics are almost invariably discontent and crabbed.
THE GROWTH OF A SOULAUGUST STRINDBERG
Sarah King, Harrington's aunt and housekeeper, was deaf and crabbed, and very few visitors ever came to the house.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY SHORT STORIES, 1904LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
He sat down in the library, and with his crabbed handwriting covered two sheets of paper with notes upon the case.
THE SEVEN SECRETSWILLIAM LE QUEUX
The treatises which they have left in crabbed Latin and involved methods of argument make wearisome and irritating reading.
MEDIAEVAL SOCIALISMBEDE JARRETT
The portress bowed with a crabbed air, suddenly turned round, and left the room, casting a sour look around her.
THE INSURGENT CHIEFGUSTAVE AIMARD

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