crooked a [phonetics unavailable]. EDD ~ ppl a 4; Kilkenny Lexicon 'bad-tempered.' Ill-tempered, cross, cranky; DIRTY 4.
   P 68-54 He' s a crooked old man. 1966 Evening Telegram 30 June, p. 19 Sure that crooked look is not his way though. 1970 JANES 84 'How crooked is you!' she countered, trying to divert him. The word 'crooked' in our family meant cantankerous, not dishonest.

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