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creaky, a.|ˈkriːkɪ|
[f. creak n. or v. + -y.]
Characterized by creaking, apt to creak; transf. that creaks under a slight strain, crazy, frail.
1834Head Bubbles fr. Brunnen 362 Ailments to which our creaky frames are subject. 1861Times 23 May, I like a woman to wait at table..Men always have creaky boots. 1878Mrs. H. Wood Pomeroy Ab. (ed. 3) 149 Mrs. Pomeroy sat..on a low stool creaky with age. 1880S. Baring-Gould Mehalah II. vii. 131 Your mother..may live yet a score of years. Creaky gates last longest. |