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   crud

   /krəd/

   noun

   • 1. a substance that is disgusting or unpleasant, typically because of its dirtiness. informal
   • ▪ snow that is not packed down or groomed, on which it is difficult to ski. informal
   • ▪ nonsense: informal "they just want the simple truth without any religious crud"
   • ▪ a contemptible person. informal

   Word Origin late Middle English: variant of curd (the original sense). The earliest modern senses, ‘filth’ and ‘nonsense’ (originally US), date from the 1940s.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cruddy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • C

     3

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • D

     2

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