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Definition of Bone of contention
1. Noun. The subject of a dispute. "The real bone of contention, as you know, is money"
Definition of Bone of contention
1. Noun. (idiomatic) Something that continues to be disputed; something on which no agreement can be reached ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bone Of Contention
Literary usage of Bone of contention
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"The great bone of contention was Louisiana; and the scene of the conflict, the
turbulent city of New Orleans. On November 10, President Grant invited a ..."
2. The Lombard Communes: A History of the Republics of North Italy by William Francis Thomas Butler (1906)
"In 1324 they captured from the Archbishop of Ravenna the large town of Argenta,
which in times past had formed a constant bone of contention between Ferrara ..."
3. A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition by William Ainsworth (1888)
"... A bone of contention.' WE landed, on the way from Bushire to Gra'ine, at the
island of Kharak, ..."
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