crusty

  1. Adjective.  Pertaining to or having a crust, as, for example, in the case of bread.
  2. Adjective.  (figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature; peevish, surly, harsh.
  3. Noun.  (chiefly, British) A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
  4. Noun.  (slang) Dried eye mucus.

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