Associations to the word «Crosspatch»

Wiktionary

CROSSPATCH, noun. (US) A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.

Dictionary definition

CROSSPATCH, noun. A bad-tempered person.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats