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Definition of Crosspatch
1. Noun. A bad-tempered person.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Specialized synonyms: Crab, Crabby Person, Fire-eater, Hothead, Misanthrope, Misanthropist
Derivative terms: Cranky, Grouch, Grouchy, Grumpy
Definition of Crosspatch
1. n. An ill-natured person.
Definition of Crosspatch
1. Noun. (American English) A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crosspatch
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crosspatch
Literary usage of Crosspatch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bumblebee Bogo's Budget by A. Retired Judge (1887)
"crosspatch PETER. crosspatch Peter wears an old white hat, Rough as any poodle
dog, uglier than that; His temper is as ugly quite, his manners too are ..."
2. Hänsel and Gretel: A Fairy Opera in Three Acts by Engelbert Humperdinck, Adelheid Wette (1905)
"Looks like a horrid old crosspatch fright! crosspatch, away! Leave me, I pray!
Just let me reach you, quickly I'll teach you how to make trouble, ..."
3. Program of the Ann Arbor May Festival by University of Michigan University Musical Society, University of Michigan School of Music (1920)
"crosspatch, crosspatch, What is the use Growling and grumbling, Full of abuse?
... HANSEL : crosspatch, away! Hard lines, I say! When I am hungry, ..."
4. Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, & Out-of-the-way by Eliezer Edwards (1882)
"crosspatch. Patch was at one time a term of contempt. ... crosspatch is the only
remnant of the word. It is very expressive of a cross, ill-tempered, ..."
5. China, the Long-lived Empire by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (1900)
"... nor the scowling crosspatch captain of the bow boat-hook, in frenzied vituperations.
Once, in shoving off a boat that had as much business to be there ..."
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