subs. (colloquial).—An ill-natured, ill-tempered person. As in the old nursery rhyme:
| CROSS-PATCH, draw the latch, | |
| Sit by the fire and spin.—Lit. |
Not mentioned in Ash.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. CROSS PATCH, a peevish boy or girl.
1841. The Comic Almanack, p. 258.
| Miss Pigeon’s trying to look shy, | |
| He’s calling her ‘CROSSPATCH!’ |
