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cryppie

cryppie noun: a cryptographer.

Noun

cryppie (plural cryppies)

  1. (slang) A cryptographer.
    • Joe oversaw a team of one hundred cryppies, translators, typists, punch card operators, and clerks. Their top secret work involved cracking the Japanese naval traffic codes[…]2011, Samantha Seiple, Ghosts in the Fog, page 11

Forms of cryppie

pluralcryppies

Origin of cryppie

Diminutive, + -ie.

Questions about cryppie

What does cryppie mean?
Cryppie means a cryptographer.
What part of speech is cryppie?
Cryppie is a noun.
What is the plural of cryppie?
The plural of cryppie is cryppies.

Words near cryppie in the dictionary

  1. cryovolcanism
  2. cryovolcano
  3. cryovolcanoes
  4. cryovolcanos
  5. cryphonectriaceous
  6. cryppie
  7. cryppies
  8. crypsis
  9. crypt
  10. crypt of Lieberkühn
  11. crypt-

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