cryppie
English
editEtymology
editDiminutive, + -ie.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editcryppie (plural cryppies)
- (slang) A cryptographer.
- 2011, Samantha Seiple, Ghosts in the Fog, page 11:
- Joe oversaw a team of one hundred cryppies, translators, typists, punch card operators, and clerks. Their top secret work involved cracking the Japanese naval traffic codes […]