Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crosspatch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crosspatch \Cross"patch`\ (-p?ch`; 224), n.
An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] ``Crosspatch, draw the
latch.'' --Mother Goose.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crosspatch
n : a bad-tempered person [syn: {grouch}, {grump}, {crank}, {churl}]
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