Bad tempered mole left to retire indoors

• Difficult spot in which to turn left
• Cross, see, after drinking port up
• Quarrelsome left back blocking a couple of Spurs' youngsters at the start

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context UK Australia New Zealand slang English) ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"rebellious," by 1943, British nautical slang, perhaps a slang mangling of obstreperous . "Sea Passages: A Naval Anthology and Introduction to the Study of English" [1943, Geoffrey Callender] quotes from a letter:\n\nWhy Nobby should reckon that his raggie ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It was just the excuse she needed to get stroppy . ▪ Mary got stroppy about it and said it was wrong what they were doing, it was a desecration. ▪ Teachers report themselves becoming punitive and stroppy with pupils, colleagues ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. obstreperous [syn: bolshy ] [also: stroppiest , stroppier ]