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/kraws"pach', kros"-/, n. Informal.a bad-tempered or irritable person.[1690-1700; CROSS- + PATCH1]
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Crosspatch — Cross patch ( p?ch ; 224), n. An ill natured person. [Colloq.] Crosspatch, draw the latch. Mother Goose. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crosspatch — [krôs′pach΄] n. [ CROSS + dial. patch, fool, childish person] Informal a cross, bad tempered person … English World dictionary
crosspatch — UK [ˈkrɒsˌpætʃ] / US [ˈkrɔsˌpætʃ] noun [countable] Word forms crosspatch : singular crosspatch plural crosspatches old fashioned informal someone who is easily annoyed … English dictionary
crosspatch — noun Etymology: 3cross + 3patch Date: circa 1700 grouch 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
crosspatch — noun A grumpy, bad tempered or irascible person Syn: grouch … Wiktionary
crosspatch — Synonyms and related words: Tartar, anomaly, bear, complainer, crab, crank, dragon, feist, fire eater, freak, fury, grizzly bear, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler, hothead, hotspur, individualist, inner directed person, misfit, naysayer,… … Moby Thesaurus
crosspatch — n. grouch, bad tempered person … English contemporary dictionary
crosspatch — noun Brit. informal a bad tempered person. Origin C18: from cross + obs. patch fool, clown , perh. from Ital. pazzo madman … English new terms dictionary
crosspatch — noun (C) old fashioned someone who is bad tempered … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
crosspatch — cross•patch [[t]ˈkrɔsˌpætʃ, ˈkrɒs [/t]] n. inf a bad tempered or irritable person • Etymology: 1690–1700 … From formal English to slang
