Crustiness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crustiness \Crust"i*ness\ (-[i^]-n[e^]s), n.
     1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust;
        hardness.
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     2. The quality of being crusty or surly.


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              Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. --W.
                                                    Irving.
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