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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stroppy/ˈstrɒpi/

▶adjective (stroppier, stroppiest) Brit. informal bad-tempered and argumentative.

– derivatives
stroppily adverb,
stroppiness noun.

– origin 1950s: perh. an abbrev. of obstreperous.

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