hackles

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Already in a permanent sour mood, his hackles are raised when a Hmong family moves in next door.

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  • But though the prohibitive prices and cheesy tunes piped through the sound system raised my hackles, the food at Sixteen is bewitching.
  • That's raised Slingbox user hackles, and it seems that Sling Media's offer of a $50 coupon to help them upgrade to one of the new models isn't doing much to placate them. —  mirror.co.uk - Home
  • What they all had in common was that when testing questions were raised so were their hackles -- and the whiff of violence was suddenly in the air. —  onegoodmove
  • "Understandably, their hackles are raised," Chaudhary said of hunters 'concerns. —  News
  • Whilst at the time that may not have raised too many hackles, as people think on it, there is a danger that that acceptance may rebound on the DUP in general and Robinson in particular: the spectre of chuckling is not that far away. —  Slugger O'Toole
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