| The story of a change in a character from arrogance, crabbedness, to that of humility always has appeal. |
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| Both father and son, in their crabbedness, may be recessionary personalities. |
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| The crabbedness of old age or misfortune was evidently looked upon as witchcraft. |
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| They differ from earlier work, in a slight crabbedness of hand, a somewhat less generous use of space. |
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| Out of its crabbedness and spitefulness come the finest, choicest flavors. |
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