| 单词 |
cross-patch |
| 释义 |
ˈcross-patch colloq. [f. cross a. 5 + patch.] A cross, ill-tempered person. (Usually applied to a girl or woman; Scott makes it masculine.)
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Crosspatch, a peevish Person. 1775F. Burney Early Diary 28 Feb., ‘You little cross patch’, cried I. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxix, ‘The keeper's a cross-patch, and he maun hae it a' his ain gate.’ 1874L. Carr Jud. Gwynne I. vii. 206 She's a nasty cross-patch. |

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