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crispy a also cripsy. Cp EDD crips (cripsy Co) 2 'brittle, easily
broken.' Brittle; liable to fragment or crumble; crinkly.
1933
MERRICK 134 Crispy ... means brittle. P 80-63 A piece of rusty iron is cripsy. T 36/8-64
In a good many cases when the fish had been finished the [bark] wouldn't be much good for
the next year because he'd be cripsy, right dry. T 169-652 Around here [the
ground] is wonderful crispy, and the same way at Fogo Islands. All those spots o' ground,
'tis right over a cliff. 1979 Evening Telegram 24 Nov, p. 15 'Not buttin' in,' sez
Ned, 'but how did Bill look? He's not a bad lookin' fella and he got grand cripsy hair.'
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