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crusty

adjective as in brittle on outside

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Bitcoin has seen stratospheric growth over the past few months so barring an outsized crash, it’s perhaps unlikely that retail investors are going to fully abandon it in favor of buying up crusty old shares of Blockbuster stock.

Garnish each bowl with parsley, and serve with crusty bread for dipping.

Serve the soup with grated Parmesan or pecorino Romano, fresh herbs and crusty bread to soak up the lightly spicy broth.

The olives are great on their own, and you can dip bits of warm, crusty bread into the oil marinade.

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It bakes quickly, and the result is a crusty top with a layer of moist dressing below.

The crusty conservative battle-ax Phyllis Schlafly is giving speeches saying that Obama worships government like a god.

Here, breakfast begins with a crusty cornetto alla crema served by a formal, dinner jacket-wearing waiter.

Sir Mark Sykes, a crusty diplomat who had colluded with the French to give them Damascus, was more defiantly a misogynist.

There are unions and crusty local politicians to contend with, and a lot of competition.

Vacationing “on the Vineyard,” sneers Republican consultant Mark Corallo, adopting an upper-crusty, through-the-nose accent.

She cut it with Henry's jackknife into four quarters, and she and Henry took the two crusty ends themselves.

If the ground is well burned it will be a little crusty and whitish, and will pulverize beautifully.

A dry, crusty man, who would never become sub-chief, despite his ability.

Uncle Jabez came forward, as dusty and crusty an old miller as one might ever expect to see.

Yes, it is very handsome, no doubt, but too ornate and pie-crusty for my—taste.

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On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to crusty, such as: brusque, cranky, gruff, irascible, prickly, and sarcastic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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