What is the meaning of crusty?

Having a hardened crust as a covering.
- synonyms: crusted, encrusted, crustlike
Brusque and surly and forbidding.
- usage: "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
- synonyms: curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured

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