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Definition of Crankiest
1. cranky [adj] - See also: cranky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crankiest
Literary usage of Crankiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"three days'balancing in our narrow round-bottomed dug-out, more difficult to sit
in than the crankiest funny ever seen on the Cam, we passed a small Siamese ..."
2. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"... crankiest Engine. (Engineer, 89. p. 362, April 6, 1900.) —This is a single
acting rotary high speed steam engine. Four radial cylinders are fitted with ..."
3. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"I had heard it said that the crankiest old tub afloat—one that would kill any
other man to handle —would obey and be as docile as a child when Jack Leonard ..."
4. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"Mr. Grundy quotes me as "the crankiest of the stove-pipe fanatics." I do not
precisely catch the bearing of the stove-pipe epithet. ..."
5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"three days'balancing in our narrow round-bottomed dug-out, more difficult to sit
in than the crankiest funny ever seen on the Cam, we passed a small Siamese ..."
6. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"... crankiest Engine. (Engineer, 89. p. 362, April 6, 1900.) —This is a single
acting rotary high speed steam engine. Four radial cylinders are fitted with ..."
7. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"I had heard it said that the crankiest old tub afloat—one that would kill any
other man to handle —would obey and be as docile as a child when Jack Leonard ..."
8. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"Mr. Grundy quotes me as "the crankiest of the stove-pipe fanatics." I do not
precisely catch the bearing of the stove-pipe epithet. ..."
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