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crabby

adjective as in irritable

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He added passengers jokingly pointed out the "shellfish" crab had its feet on the seat, while others called out the crabby commuter for fare dodging.

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Her dissatisfaction with her crabby old husband drives her into the same state of amorous turmoil that Vanya and Sonya find themselves in.

John Ashton, the veteran actor who was best known for portraying crabby Detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise, has died.

“He seemed a little crabby when I was a kid,” Arnold remembered of his grandfather.

The idea of giving up steak, Manhattans or Instagram would make me crabby.

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