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Answer for the clue "He'll find fault to repair on bridge ", 10 letters:
crosspatch

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Word definitions for crosspatch in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context US English) A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crosspatch \Cross"patch`\ (-p?ch`; 224), n. An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] ``Crosspatch, draw the latch.'' --Mother Goose.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bad-tempered person [syn: grouch , grump , crank , churl ]

Usage examples of crosspatch.

Jack conducted him through the nearly finished mansion, and introduced him to old Crosspatch, the cook who had come with them from Nashville, and her new young assistant, Julie.

Parson Dick settled at the kitchen table with Crosspatch and Julie and told them how he intended to run the house.

If Miss Chesterton was not a complete crosspatch, perhaps she would come to enjoy it, too.

I am sorry I was such a crosspatch this morning, ringing a peal over you because of a game of cards.

I would rather be companion to a ninety-year-old crosspatch in the farthest corner of the Scottish Highlands.