Cross-patch. World English Historical Dictionary

Cross-patch. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Bibliographic Record Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022. Cross-patch

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.

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  Not mentioned in Ash.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. CROSS PATCH, a peevish boy or girl.

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  1841.  The Comic Almanack, p. 258.        Miss Pigeon’s trying to look shy, He’s calling her ‘CROSSPATCH!’

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