Squabble: alternatives and connections

To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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To engage in combat for; to strive for.

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That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.

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Rough; stern; angry.

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To argue; to debate; to dispute.

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A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.

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A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.

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imp. of Spit.

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imp. of Spit.

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A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.

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of Bicker

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To clamor; to contest noisily.

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A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.

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To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

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To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.

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The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.

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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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imp. of Spit.

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Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.

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