crabbit

adj

crabbit

adj

UK /ˈkɹabɪt/

Etymology From Scots crabbit, from crab.

1

Scotland Grouchy, cantankerous.

Auntie Maureen said how me and Mattie would have liked him but Uncle Eric said, Oh ye would not, he was just a crabbit old b****r.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 65:

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