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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Cankered; corroded; rusty.
  2. Ill-natured; crabbed; venomous; vexing: as, “O cankrie care,”

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Like a canker.
  2. adj. Full of canker.
  3. adj. Surly; sore; malignant.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Like a canker; full of canker.
  2. adj. Surly; sore; malignant.

Etymologies

  1. canker +‎ -y (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “He was always one of them cankery chiels as never have a kindly word for man nor beast," said the landlord.”

    Can You Forgive Her?

  • ““He was always one of them cankery chiels as never have a kindly word for man nor beast,” said the landlord.”

    Can you forgive her?

  • “They're a cankery independent sort of chaps, are bootmakers.”

    Ralph the Heir

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  1. surly
  1. sore
  1. malignant

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