The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PETULANT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PETULANT
- Irritable bowels of Fräulein nursed by favourite soldier?
- Piano and stringed instrument returned by worker complaining
- Native American back in factory showing peevish impatience
- Showing peevish irritation when a native American turned up in Bury
- Short blow holding instrument upside down
- Girl not without heart, but peevishly impatient
- English trade union in factory with bad attitude
- Fuel regularly pinched by favourite worker getting irritable
- Reversing Aussie utility vehicle into factory, becomes irritable
- Querulous and demanding talent up for modelling
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The straight part
We know that "irritable" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case irritable = petulant.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PETULANT mean?
PETULANT adjective- Childishly irritable
- Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.