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noun 
  1. (archaic): A miser.
  2. An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.
There's a cranky working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak.
Etymology: While numerous folk etymologies surround this word, there is yet no widely accepted origin.


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