[HPFGU-OTChatter] re: Curmudgeon

[Jennifer Boggess Ramon]

At 6:38 PM +0000 9/27/03, Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) wrote:
>
>I'm sure there is some roughly equivalent word for female curmudgeons,
>a word from New England or Old England, but after uselessly searching
>on-line thesauri, all I can think of is "astringent old lady".

"Harridan"?  Not quite right, but in the correct direction perhaps . . .

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