most crabbed
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At its core is one of the most crabbed conceptions of liberty ever penned by a Supreme Court justice.
From Slate • May 18, 2022
It is harmless as a dog or cat except when crossed by children, when it will snarl, snap, and bite like the most crabbed cur.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne
Two or three wags, aware of his infirmity, used to "draw him out" in conversation whenever the most crabbed and choleric old seamen were present.
From Omoo by Melville, Herman
The letter to the Lady Juana, which gives Columbus's own statement of the indignities put upon him in San Domingo, is written in his most crabbed Spanish.
From The Life of Columbus From His Own Letters and Journals and Other Documents of His Time by Hale, Edward Everett
When I feel most sorry for any one I'm most crabbed.
From A Knight of the Nineteenth Century by Roe, Edward Payson