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From
crabby
+
-ness
.
Noun
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crabbiness
(
uncountable
)
The state of being
crabby
; sour or bad-tempered.
2023
,
Ray Mears
, chapter 1, in
British Woodland
, Ebury Spotlight,
→ISBN
:
Crab apples [...] when you bite into one, it reveals a fairly sour taste. Cook them and they lose that
crabbiness
, becoming as sweet as any standard apple.
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