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quick temper and short temper; short fuse a bad temper that can be easily aroused. Tyler has a quick temper and doesn't mind letting everyone see it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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De Ville had a quick temper, as quick as his hand, and his hand was as quick as the paw of a tiger. His father was quite otherwise; of a sunny, jovial disposition, but with a quick temper like a sudden flame kindled in a wisp of straw, which consumes it in a flash and is no more. Though of more than average height, he was handsome and agile, and he would have been an altogether exemplary cadet had it not been for his quick temper. |
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