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CRAPPY, adj. Afraid, nervous.Gsw. 1935 A. McArthur and H. K. Long No Mean City 296:
“Can you no' say something?” she shrieked. “Are you crappy or what, John Gray? Are you no' man enough to go an' take on that dirty bastard, Razor King, efter what he's dane tae me?”
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