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- adjective
superlative form ofcranky : mostcranky .
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Examples
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Watching the third episode made me smile, even laugh, and I continue to like the cast a great deal -- even Chi McBride at his crankiest is entertaining, especially as he ended up at the center of a bunch of Winnie The Pooh references.
Puppy Beat jeffrey 2007
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DAVE OBEY APPROPRIATES HIMSELF TO K STREET - Dave Obey, the crankiest president pro tempore that ever walked the land, is joining Dick Gephardt's lobbying shop.
HUFFPOST HILL - Dave Obey Appropriates Himself To K Street Eliot Nelson 2011
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As the king-in-council succeeded the king by the grace of God, so in future democracies the toleration and encouragement of minorities and the willingness to consider as “men” the crankiest, humblest and poorest and blackest peoples, must be the real key to the consent of the governed.
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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I could wake up as my crankiest, most sullen and narcissistic self, roll over, and greet the face of unconditional acceptance.
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A trip to Washington is not complete unless everyone is at their sweatiest and crankiest.
In D.C., tourists come and tourists go -- often thanks only to the Bus Doctor 2010
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When Mr. Favre dragged himself out of re-re-retirement in August, not even the crankiest cynic could have predicted the funhouse of disasters that awaited him.
It Jason Gay 2010
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The sunset over the Gulf will relax the crankiest traveler.
Marco Island: River Wading Douglas Belkinon 2010
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The calm, shallow waters around Marco Island will relax even the crankiest traveler.
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Yesterday was the crankiest day over here at Un-Cabaret Multi-Media HQ.
Beth Lapides: It's Not Just You: California Wildfires Turn Cranky 2009
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Yesterday was the crankiest day over here at Un-Cabaret Multi-Media HQ.
Beth Lapides: It's Not Just You: California Wildfires Turn Cranky 2009
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