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PRONUNCIATION OF CRUSTIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRUSTIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crusties is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CRUSTIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Crusties

Crusties is a term for members of an urban subculture, with roots in punk and grebo. The term pre-dates crust punk and can be used independently. The trend was most widespread in the UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s but there are also international subsets.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRUSTIES

crusie
crusily
Crusoe
crust
crusta
crusta lactea
crustacea
crustacean
crustaceous
crustal
crustate
crustation
crusted
crustier
crustiest
crustily
crustiness
crustless
crustose
crusty

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRUSTIES

abdominoplasties
activities
amnesties
bheesties
dishonesties
dynasties
epinasties
honesties
keratoplasties
Majesties
modesties
nasties
osteoplasties
pasties
pigsties
sacristies
sties
thoracoplasties
toasties
travesties
trusties

Synonyms and antonyms of crusties in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crusties» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRUSTIES

Find out the translation of crusties to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crusties from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crusties» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

crusties
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crusties
570 millions of speakers

English

crusties
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crusties
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خبز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

crusties
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crusties
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

crusties
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crusties
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

crusties
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

crusties
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

crusties
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crusties
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

crusties
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

crusties
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रस्टीस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

crusties
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crusties
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

crusties
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

crusties
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pesmeti
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Παξιμάδια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

crusties
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

crusties
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

crusties
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crusties

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRUSTIES»

The term «crusties» is normally little used and occupies the 117.374 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRUSTIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «crusties» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «crusties» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crusties

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRUSTIES»

Discover the use of crusties in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crusties and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopaedia of Contemporary British Culture
Crusties often have dogs (cross-bred Alsatians are popular) which they keep on leads made from a piece of string. Their bohemian lifestyle often involves living commun- ally and the use of soft drugs. Crusties are evident in the high streets of  ...
Peter Childs, Michael Storry, 2013
2
Jaywalking with the Irish
“They're a bunch of crusties,” Jamie said, using the Irish term for a certain wave of recent New Age immigrants who are alleged to be soap shy. “Festival crusties.” There was no doubt about it. Not long ago, the west of Ireland was full of native ...
Lonely Planet, 2011
3
Going Against the Grain
I went to a full moon party at a house in the valley I lived in and met this guy, we were both a little wired and we jumped in his camper van and went for a drive to a traveller's camp full of British crusties. The crusties are not a crowd of people I ...
John Simons, 2011
4
Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture
Crusties often have dogs (cross-bred Alsatians are popular) which they keep on leads made from a piece of string. Their bohemian lifestyle often involves living communally and the use of soft drugs. Crusties are evident in the high streets of ...
Peter Childs, Mike Storry, 1999
5
The Death of Spin
CRUSTIES. TO. FLUFFIES. here is a whole lot more to a multinational corporation's communications demands than its social responsibilities, particularly as practised by some of the unsatisfactory people who define those responsibilities.
George Pitcher, 2003
6
Living Canvas: Your Total Guide to Tattoos, Piercings, and ...
You may see a dry crust around the piercing hole(s); this is just dried-up lymph that the piercing will secrete for the first few days. This is perfectly normal, and the “crusties” are easily washed away with warm water and a little cleanser.
Karen L Hudson, 2009
7
Sloan's Heart
That was better than thinking about the old woman reading her mind. “Well, ifthis is the plan then let's get started,” Sloan said as he pushed to his feet. “I need to meet with your hunters and talk to whoever has had encounters with the crusties.
Arianna Hart, 2006
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The Audience Studies Reader
Paula's second mitigation, that this group 'think it's cool to be crusty' is premised on the distinction . . . between subculturalists, like the crusties, who merely adopt an image, and people, such as Marc and Paula, who wear style as a genuine ...
Will Brooker, Deborah Jermyn, 2003
9
Lexical Change in Present-day English: A Corpus-based Study ...
(G 1 1/1 1/94) New Age - the loose term that has emerged to cover all kinds of " alternative" behavior - encompasses travelers, crusties, techno-crusties, convoy people, tribes and posses, all joined together by their liking for black leggings and ...
Roswitha Fischer, 1998
10
Things Invisible to See: A Novel
“Mouse Crusties,” said Clare. “It says Mouse Crusties.” “I'm sorry I can't stay,” said Grandma. “I have a meeting.” Nell rolledher eyesatClare. “Grandma, we're bringing Clare home today. You can skip your meeting.” “I gottogo,” said Grandma.
Nancy Willard, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRUSTIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crusties is used in the context of the following news items.
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An alliance of 'colonels and crusties' may just have killed fracking in …
Consider this. Six years ago, when Cuadrilla first asked to drill a fracking well in Lancashire - in the heady days when shale gas was forecast to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
2
'Watt's World': Looking for UFOs in Campfires on Mt. Shasta
Now before the ufo crowd, before the crusties. You guys smoking marijuana out here? No, definitely not. Reporter: Came the buddhists. «ABC News, Jun 15»
3
'Nobody wants to be called a hippy': searching for a lost tribe at …
John calls them “upper crusties”). Wango Riley shares these values too, but his viewpoint is a very different one. A senior member of the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Why nobody over 29 should go to Glastonbury
... "crusties" - the hippie stereotypes associated with music festivals – I was nonetheless keen to immerse myself in the full student experience. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
No fires, no mystery as Stonehenge's solstice is sold as a 'holiday …
... to Harvester, the Yardley family, who found Stonehenge “quite nice”, were jovially anxious to get home to Guildford “before the crusties arrive! «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
A Political History of Pop Music
... the anarcho-crusties and "militant psychedelic sound systems" who, in the wake of the epochal Castlemorton Rave and subsequent Criminal ... «Noisey, Jun 15»
7
My life in festivals: Super Noodles, Super Furry Animals and …
As well as teen-filled horror shows such as V and Reading (we liked a bit of punk-rock), we went to Beautiful Days, run by prime crusties the ... «The Independent, May 15»
8
London's Anarchists Celebrated May Day By Holding a Riot-Party
The anarchists regrouped later on outside One Commercial Street—the scene of many "poor door" protests—where crusties gathered with ... «VICE, May 15»
9
Sleater-Kinney at the Masonic, May 2, 2015. (Photo: Gabe Meline)
... Francisco anarcho-punks, coffee house sitters, zine scribblers, long-of-tooth baby dykes, battered-looking rabble-rousers, queercore crusties, ... «KQED, May 15»
10
"Fuck This Shit": A Metalhead's Guide to Mobb Deep
... unity, like in the “Walk This Way” video when Run-DMC bust into Aerosmith's practice space, only with more blastbeats and drunk crusties. «Noisey, Apr 15»

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