a. Obs. or dial. [Deriv. unknown.]

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  1.  See CREECHY.

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  2.  dial. Broken down, dilapidated, infirm; sickly, ailing; = CRAZY 1, 2.

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1715.  Byrom, Jrnl. & Lit. Rem. (1854), I. I. 31. I sent a box to London, John’s Rehearsals in it, so he may open it, but carefully, ’tis creachy.

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1841.  F. E. Paget, St. Antholin’s, 45. What for, I wonder, could you venture out on such a night, you poor old creachy creature, you?

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1881.  Leicestersh. Gloss., Creachy, sickly; weakly; ailing.

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