The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crosspatch \Cross"patch`\ (-p?ch`; 224), n.
   An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] "Crosspatch, draw the
   latch." --Mother Goose.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crosspatch
    n 1: a bad-tempered person [syn: grouch, grump, crank,
         churl, crosspatch]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "crosspatch":
   Tartar, anomaly, bear, complainer, crab, crank, dragon, feist,
   fire-eater, freak, fury, grizzly bear, grouch, grouser, growler,
   grumbler, hothead, hotspur, individualist, inner-directed person,
   misfit, naysayer, nonconformist, oddball, sorehead, sourpuss,
   sport, ugly customer, zero hour