That worked, too; but every time we managed to preserve a glory of old Siwash, the Faculty seemed to get a little more crabby and unreasonable and diabolically persisted in its determination to regulate athletics.
"At Good Old Siwash"
George Fitch
I entertained myself with keeping her to the subject, and that made her crabby.
"Renée Mauperin"
Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt
Accordingly the Hermit exerted himself to please, and it would really have taken more than three crabby boys to resist him.
"A Little Bush Maid"
Mary Grant Bruce