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Definition of
crabbed adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
crabbed
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈkræbəd
/
/
,
NAmE
/
/
kræbd
/
/
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1
(
literary
)
(
of someone's writing
)
small and difficult to read
2
(
old-fashioned
)
=
crabby
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crabbed
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