It's what I call a crotchety conscience -- always in the way of your doing anything like anybody else. From Wordnik.com. [Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I] Reference
Yeah, the clothes alone would put the crotch in crotchety. From Wordnik.com. [Slimbo's Jazz Fest Report] Reference
He sure isn't doing anything to help erase that "crotchety" image, huh. From Wordnik.com. [McCain On Reporters: "Little Jerks"] Reference
The word crotchety comes to mind. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Hits McCain For Deregulation; McCain Hits Obama Over Town Halls] Reference
Given that you admit you are old, I would diagnose you as "crotchety". From Wordnik.com. Reference
Better than being called crotchety!. From Wordnik.com. [C'mon, show a little bone, will ya?] Reference
STEIN: But I mean he's just not a crotchety old guy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2008] Reference
That gained me a reputation of being "" crotchety. ''. From Wordnik.com. [My World Now] Reference
Inside the house a crotchety old man and a lonely woman. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
The crotchety senator from New Jersey turned and faced Rapp. From Wordnik.com. [Consent to Kill]
Paul Newman, as Costner's crotchety dad, gets the best lines. From Wordnik.com. [A Guy Who Really Floats Her Boat] Reference
"Where is that bald-pated and crotchety superior of yours gone?". From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Truman said, "Tell him that crotchety old man in the White House did.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2003] Reference
SHEPHERD: You totally counter Simon because Simon can be so crotchety. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2009] Reference
He's kind of a crotchety and unpleasant and something I can relate to. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2006] Reference
I assumed it was something way too cool for old, crotchety me to know. From Wordnik.com. [chicagojo Diary Entry] Reference
The worse with him is that his disposition is so crotchety and whimsical. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Oh, I'm old and crotchety (that word is even weirder when it is written). From Wordnik.com. [2000-07-23 10:25 pm] Reference
Harkin comes across as exactly the crotchety New Deal liberal he really is. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For Authenticity] Reference
Likewise, Mr. O'Neill was derided as a crotchety old grouch settling scores. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Martial Art: Attack On Clarke Is 'Smear Rodeo'] Reference
Maybe in retirement homes full of crotchety old folk who don't like visitors?. From Wordnik.com. [Ideal Absolutes] Reference
New line-up, new album from Salford symbolist poet and crotchety musicologist. From Wordnik.com. [FallNews - anecdotes] Reference
Even the most equable of tempers, it would seem, may now and then prove crotchety. From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
Just felt like getting crotchety there for a minute and pissing off the younger folk. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
S. O'BRIEN: Loving, sweet, a little crotchety, but basically a heart of gold kind of guy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2004] Reference
This is a mostly male and aging cast, a demographic not helped by the crotchety Andy Rooney. From Wordnik.com. [Just Talk Into The Curtains] Reference
NICOLE FREHSEE, ASSISTANT EDITOR, "ROLLING STONE": I think she might be just really crotchety. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2009] Reference
TREBEK: Well, as I am getting older, I find that I'm getting -- I don't know -- more crotchety?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2001] Reference
Whatever about his crotchety demeanour, there's no doubting Smith's effectiveness as a taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall online - latest Fall News] Reference
And you know, there's the crotchety curmudgeon and the colder, harder, flintier, kind of businessman. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2004] Reference
He had been trying to make conversation with that strangely crotchety man, but had completely failed. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
She thinks of all her web files, stories she's spent hours on, long phone calls with crotchety authors. From Wordnik.com. [End of the Century] Reference
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