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crummy adjective- inferior US, 1915
- “Of all the lousy, crummy, garish, flamboyant, undisciplined, stupid, corny writing,” continued Mr. Oliver, “that I have ever had the misfortune to read, this is absolutely the–Will you stop blubbering?” — Max Shulman, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillies, pp. 149–50, 1951
- “That’s the crumby part of it.” — Chandler Brossard, Who Walks in Darkness, p. 80, 1952
- When it came to a choice of being nice and dead or crummy and alive, the guy would work overtime at being a heel. — Jim Thompson, Savage Night, p. 40, 1953
- Before the crummy day’s over, every crummy soul in this crummy school’s gonna know who Tony Baker is. — Morton Cooper, High School Confidential, p. 12, 1958
- Once at Ames with Minnesota Fats and then again at Arthur’s in that cheap, crummy poolroom. — The Hustler, 1961
- Maybe he wasn’t just a crummy car burglar trying to get by. — Carl Hiaasen, Tourist Season, p. 36, 1986
- lice-infested UK, 1859
- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 29, 1980
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