crusty

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having a crust, especially a thick one.

   • No one was there. But there was a cloth spread upon the table that stood against the wall, and a cover was laid for one, with a crusty brown loaf and a bottle of wine beside the plate
2. 2

   Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.

   • However kindly a friend may otherwise be, he soon turns crusty if asked to lend money.
   • Then somebody told a story about the Swedish Majesty's last sojourn in Norway. There, at a railway station, Oscar ran against a crusty old farmer who thought himself a lot better than a mere king and kept his hat on.
3. 3

   Of very low quality

   Of very low quality; crude visuals or harsh, granular sound.

   • The door opened with a crusty squeak that echoed in the silent room.
   • The old vinyl record made a crusty crackling sound as the needle hit it.
   • A crusty sound came from the rusted hinges of the gate.
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   1. 4

      A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.

   2. 5

      Dried eye mucus.

      • Against the backdrop of muted stripes of color, Julieanne picked at her eyes’ crusties, and then combed her hair with the hand.
      • I wiped the crusties from my eyes, threw on a sundress, and wandered out into the living room.
   3. 6

      A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by…

      A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.

      • The Spirals are part of the crossover between the rave scene and the ‘crusty’ subculture—crusties being squat-dwelling anarcho-hippy-punk types named after their matted dreadlocks and post-apocalyptic garb.
   4. 7

      Dried blood or serous fluid buildup following body piercing.

      • Actually, I usually don't see crusties for up to a week after a new pierce, it takes some time before a new pierce is in that stage when it's actively pushing out dead skin cells and other gunk.
      • If you rotate the ring with the crusties still on it, it'll drag the bastards through the piercing and that hurts like the dickens.

The neighborhood

• neighborupper-crusty
• neighborcruddy
• neighborcrufty