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Meanings of get stroppy in English

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Usage of get stroppy in English
1
Some people would get stroppy if they found out about it because they wouldn't dream of doing it themselves.
The Irish Times
2
Fed up, the kid gets stroppy and petulantly roosts the ball into a fringe of scrub.
The Guardian
3
Workers downed tools, and when the SAPS showed up to try and disperse them they got stroppy.
The South African
4
"Wheels come off, wankers get stroppy and what were you doing?"
Rivers of London
5
He sulked a lot, brooded loudly over the general unfairness of life, and had a tendency to throw things when he got stroppy.
Agents of light and darkness
6
She was getting stroppy, she said you go and boot up your computer now, and I thought to myself this is just not on.
Radio NZ
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