difficult to deal with, hard to deal with; ill-conditioned, crabbed, crabby; not to be handled with kid gloves, not made with rose water.

Next followed a list of patrons, such as: The Honourable O'Mackerell, Lord Crabby Lobster, Sir C. Shrimp, etc., etc.

Crabbyold Crabby Tompkins, a trapper, is buried in the sand on the Frazer.

Ju, for mercy's sake take that crabby ould face off

she said with a toss of her head, "the on'y differ there is in it is that I am the same as ever I was, an' you have turned crabby an' cranky.

He would be crabby and beat us for any little thing.