crusty

Having a crust, especially a thick one.

No one was there. But there was a cloth spread upon the table that stood against the wall, and a cover was laid for one, with a crusty brown loaf and a bottle of wine beside the plate

Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.

However kindly a friend may otherwise be, he soon turns crusty if asked to lend money.

Then somebody told a story about the Swedish Majesty's last sojourn in Norway. There, at a railway station, Oscar ran against a crusty old farmer who thought himself a lot better than a mere king and kept his hat on.

Of very low quality; crude visuals or harsh, granular sound.

The door opened with a crusty squeak that echoed in the silent room.

The old vinyl record made a crusty crackling sound as the needle hit it.

A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.

Dried eye mucus.

Against the backdrop of muted stripes of color, Julieanne picked at her eyes’ crusties, and then combed her hair with the hand.

Jesus, how could I bear the sight of him—sleep crusties lodged in the corners of his rheumy eyes, a puff of chest hair cresting like meringue over the top of his V-neck sweater, khakis jacked up to his breastbone—when I was used to looking at the singularly lovely Isabella?

A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.

The Spirals are part of the crossover between the rave scene and the ‘crusty’ subculture—crusties being squat-dwelling anarcho-hippy-punk types named after their matted dreadlocks and post-apocalyptic garb.

Many of them, dressed in raggedy black combat gear, with haircuts that matched and mismatched punk, Rasta and Native American styles - a look which would later be codified as 'crustie' - began to join the travellers on the road. This influx from the cities changed the travelling scene, and after the Battle of the Beanfield, sections of the downcast and disillusioned travelling community began to seek oblivion through Special Brew superlager or even heroin as the dream of rural liberation turned sour.

Dried blood or serous fluid buildup following body piercing.

Actually, I usually don't see crusties for up to a week after a new pierce, it takes some time before a new pierce is in that stage when it's actively pushing out dead skin cells and other gunk.

If you rotate the ring with the crusties still on it, it'll drag the bastards through the piercing and that hurts like the dickens.