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cantankerous
adjective
having a difficult and contrary disposition
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adjective
having a difficult and contrary disposition
“{'source': 'Dorothy Sayers', 'text': 'a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady'}”
adjective
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
“{'source': 'Spectator', 'text': 'unions … have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders'}”
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{'source': 'Dorothy Sayers', 'text': 'a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady'}
{'source': 'Spectator', 'text': 'unions … have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders'}
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