dial. [f. CRANK a.1 + -Y.] Brisk, merry, lively, disposed to exult; = CRANK a.1
1811. Willan, W. Riding Gloss. (E. D. S.), Crank, Cranky, jocose, sprightly, exulting.
1837–40. Haliburton, Clockm. (1862), 407. Most of the first chopmen cut and run, as they always do in such like cases, considerable cranky.
1886. S. W. Linc. Gloss., Cranky, merry, sportive. How cranky the boy is! he’s full of quirks and pranks. [In dial. Glossaries of Sussex and Hampshire.]
