Crouchy

//kɹaʊ.t͡ʃi// adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to crouch; hunched over.

    "...not a street of "show" poverty, to impress strangers, just as there is "show" iniquity, but of the real poverty, of snag-toothed, crouchy, hungry, gnarl-bodied people who step aside on the crowded walks..."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A nickname for somebody with the surname Crouch.

    ""Crouch. It was Crouch who realized it." "Okay. So then what? After Moncrieff dies, Crouchy says to the kid — what?""

Example

More examples

""Crouch. It was Crouch who realized it." "Okay. So then what? After Moncrieff dies, Crouchy says to the kid — what?""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Crouch + -y.

Etymology 2

From crouch + -y.

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