Meanings
nouncryppie (plural cryppies)
plural cryppies
- slangA 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
Origin
Diminutive, + -ie.
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cryppie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryppie
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“cryppie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryppie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryppie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryppie.
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