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quick temper

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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.
See also: quick, temper
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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.
Moon-Face and Other Stories by London, Jack View in context
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.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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.
Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
 
 
 
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