Talk:crowdy

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Here is an old nonce usage where it means "resembling or characteristic of a crowd", rather than "crowded":

  • 1863, Temple Bar (volume 7, page 185)
    Our London street-crowds have a special attraction for me; for of all crowds, they — if I may venture upon so bold a superlative — are the crowdiest, being more various in their general character, and more cosmopolitan in their composition []

Equinox 16:08, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]