crosspatch
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Noun (1)
- a bad-tempered personSynonyms: grouchgrumpcrankchurlType of unpleasant person, disagreeable personKinds misanthrope, crab, fire-eater
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cross′patch′ (-p?ch′; 224), noun
An ill-natured person. colloquial “Crosspatch, draw the latch.” 1719. Songs for the Nursery
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54