crosspatch
Example Sentences
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He's a youthful crosspatch, a reedy-voiced adolescent with a gripe.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2010
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
Adults may disapprove, but today's young Western Europeans, from 25 on down, represent something new and promising on the crosspatch old face of the Continent.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
