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cross⋅patch

[kraws-pach, kros-]
–noun Informal.
a bad-tempered or irritable person.

Origin:
1690–1700; cross- + patch 1
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cross·patch   (krôs'pāch', krŏs'-)   
n.  A peevish, irascible person; a grouch.

[cross + patch, jester.]
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