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Definition of Crosspatches
1. crosspatch [n] - See also: crosspatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crosspatches
Literary usage of Crosspatches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"Such of them as are good workmen ought to be placed in single rooms for crosspatches
and curmudgeons, who are, translated into scientific terms, ..."
2. A Journey Due North: Being Notes of a Residence in Russia by George Augustus Sala (1858)
"Never mind the crosspatches who sneer •about us in England, and say our children
look like little Highland kilt-stalkers, and little ballet- girls. ..."
3. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1918)
"... ought to be placed in single rooms for crosspatches and curmudgeons, who are,
translated into scientific terms, often merely nothing but these so-called ..."
4. Nuttie's Father by Charlotte Mary Yonge (1885)
"Only when she is petting Basil it strikes me that I have heard the tones before.
I only remember the time of misery under the crosspatches grandmamma got ..."
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