crosspatch

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

crosspatch
    n 1: a bad-tempered person [syn: {grouch}, {grump}, {crank},
         {churl}, {crosspatch}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Crosspatch \Cross"patch`\ (-p?ch`; 224), n.
   An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] "Crosspatch, draw the
   latch." --Mother Goose.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "crosspatch":
      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, nonconformist, oddball, sorehead, sourpuss,
      sport, ugly customer, zero hour

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