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Meanings of irascible man in English

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Usage of irascible man in English
1
This was, in fact, a provoking task, especially for an irascible man.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
2
He was a singularly irascible man; any little thing would disturb his temper.
A Tramp Abroad
3
Well, the other day I was conducting an argument with an irascible man.
From a College Window
4
An engaged man, like a hungry man, is an irascible man.
Hints for Lovers
5
He was always an impatient and irascible man, that way.
Roughing It
6
He was at all times a very irascible man, and being troubled with a wooden leg, it made him worse.
From Death into Life / or, Twenty Years of my Ministry
7
Doubtless he was a wilful, arbitrary, and irascible boy, since we know that he was a wilful, arbitrary, and irascible man.
Famous Americans of Recent Times
8
My host, an irascible man, looked round, and then said: "Who the devil has given that dog a grape?"
At Large
9
Father O'Dwyer was a very irascible man of powerful physique; he was as much feared by the godly as by the ungodly.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
10
Then, as he paused, the strident voice of a noted and irascible man proclaimed, That's not democracy and not Jefferson-thatdoctrine, Mr. Rand.
Lewis Rand
11
This naturally makes the driver angry, and sometimes irascible men practise shameful cruelties on the poor dogs.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of th...
12
"You mind your own business," gruffly replied Dick Swan, who was an irascible man and the aggressor.
The Crew of the Water Wagtail
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