"Crosspatch" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a little. "I know I'm an old bear, and a crosspatch, and everything horrid,—but I'm ...
— Two Little Women on a Holiday • Carolyn Wells
... in his presence, rather trying to justify his good opinion; and it does so tire one to be goody, and to talk sense,—for he really thinks I am sensible. I am far more at my ease with you, old lady—you, you dear crosspatch—who take me at my lowest, and know me to be coquettish, and ignorant, and flirting, and fickle, and silly, and selfish, and all the other sweet things you and I have agreed to be a part ...
— Villette • Charlotte Bronte
... crosspatch! You all leave me to servants because I can't move. Nobody loves me the least little bit. ...
— Highacres • Jane Abbott
... was another flourish of the scrub-cloth. "Listen to me, Larry Donovan. Is there anyone in this house 't knows how old Mary Rose is? Does Mrs. Bracken or that crosspatch Miss Adams or the weepin' willow, Mrs. Willoughby, know she isn't eleven? Who's to tell 'em if we keep our mouths shut? It ain't none of their business though, seems if, there isn't one that'd be beyond makin' it their business. I'll ...
— Mary Rose of Mifflin • Frances R. Sterrett |
