crosspatch
crosspatch · crosspatches
A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible personA grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.
Meaning
1 sensesA grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.
a bad-tempered person
Origin
From cross (“grumpy”) + patch (“fool”).From cross (“grumpy”) + patch (“fool”).
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