crosspatch
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He's a youthful crosspatch, a reedy-voiced adolescent with a gripe.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2010
And yet one feels guilty, something of a crosspatch, for raising even a minor caveat about this engaging, low-key, low-budget movie, full of nice people, bouncy car chases, vroomy racing sequences.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both dialogue and action are thus resolved into a prolonged contest between the stallion snorts of Actor Beery and the crosspatch snuffles of Actor Barrymore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir: The ruffled spouse, normally a quiet and gentle bird, is the mate of the red-eyed crosspatch and is usually unruffled.
From Time Magazine Archive
“There! She promised I should go next time, for this is the last ice we shall have. But it’s no use to ask such a crosspatch to take me.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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