A dial. by-form of CRANKY.
1674–91. Ray, N. C. Words, Cranny, as a cranny lad, a jovial, brisk, lusty lad. Chesh. [Hence in Bailey 1721, Grose, etc.]
1847–78. Halliwell, Cranny, quick, giddy, thoughtless.
1887. S. Cheshire Gloss., Cranny adj., simple, foolish; sb. simpleton.
