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How to pronounce crotchety
“crotchety” pronunciation in American English
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“crotchety” in real sentences
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The interesting thing about Debussy, he was very, very crotchety.
Talks at Google
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- I feel like you are the opposite of crotchety, you know?
Andrew Huberman
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But no matter how well they played a loveable but crotchety E.R.
CrashCourse
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is, these guys are just sort of old and crotchety and so forth and so on.
NIH
Why real speech
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