crabber
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crabber¹
Where it comes from
From crab (“crustacean having five pairs of legs”) + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).
noun crabbers
- A person who catches crabs. Many shrimpers complain that the crabbers place their traps too close together and that they can't go between the traps without snagging their nets.
- A boat used for catching crabs. In the bright haze of morning they came into Hort Harbor, where a hundred craft were moored or setting forth: fishermen's boats, crabbers, trawlers, trading-ships, two galleys of twenty oars […]
crabber²
Where it comes from
From crab (“to be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault”) + -er.
noun crabbers
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A person who finds fault or criticizes.
There were one or two crabbers, of course—people who wanted his job—but no one paid any attention to the likes of them.
Similar: criticizer, bellyacher, carper, castigator, caviler, censurer, complainer, crabber, critic, faultfinder, findfault, grouch
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Talk about this word "crabber." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crabber. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. crabber. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crabber "crabber." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crabber.Cite this
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title = {crabber},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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