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Definition of Quarreling
1. a. Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling mood.
Definition of Quarreling
1. Verb. (present participle of quarrel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quarreling
1. quarrel [v] - See also: quarrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quarreling
Literary usage of Quarreling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States by Charles Colcock Jones (1842)
"quarreling and Fighting. — The Negroes are settled in some quarter of the
plantation, in houses near each other, built in lows, forming a street. ..."
2. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... (viz. that they had been all quarreling) were confined, till it could be seen
what farther Evidence might appear; and due Course was also taken, ..."
3. Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folklore by Fay-Cooper Cole (1915)
"Said the floor supports to the poles who were quarreling, "What can you do if I
am not? ... said the foot-boards to those floor supports who are quarreling. ..."
4. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
""To be or not to be" friend or foe to each quarreling French governor was the
question of the hour. It proved a fruitful topic of discussion, ..."
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