Possible Clues:

• Ill-tempered (informal)
• Ill-tempered or annoyed, with a garment?
• Ill-tempered
• Bad-tempered
• Irritated
• Extremely ratty — this perhaps!
• Reticent about one right cross
• Annoyed by rewrite of history, with nothing left out
• Ill-tempered or annoyed
• Ill-tempered or annoyed with a garment