Crufty
adj, slang
adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to or containing cruft. informal
- 2 Poorly built and overly-complex, and unpleasant. informal
- 3 Unrefined, dirty or worn.
"All these years I been living with you we en't go nowhere. You want a beast of burden, not a woman. Because you is a big, crufty, niggerman with the strength of an ox and a mind big and empty like midday sky you think me is the same."
Example
More examples"All these years I been living with you we en't go nowhere. You want a beast of burden, not a woman. Because you is a big, crufty, niggerman with the strength of an ox and a mind big and empty like midday sky you think me is the same."
Etymology
From cruft + -y. Arose after 1959, presumably mid-1960s. Perhaps influenced by cruddy, crusty.
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