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Definition of Brawling
1. a. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.
Definition of Brawling
1. Verb. (present participle of brawl) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brawling
1. brawl [v] - See also: brawl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brawling
Literary usage of Brawling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1838)
"Parents, and such as have the tuition and oversight of children, offend шит urn«
in that they are too stern, alway threatning, chiding, brawling, ..."
2. The Annals of the English Bible by Christopher Anderson (1845)
"... among yourselves, of the controversies moved in the Church, and that ye will
conclude all things by the WORD OF GOD ; without all brawling or scolding. ..."
3. A History of Crime in England: Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the by Luke Owen Pike (1876)
"Sacrilege and Want of re brawling in churches, as has already been L^TS! shown,
were very prevalent in earlier times; mg m cburch- they do not seem to have ..."
4. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"here; and if the Duke were to know of your brawling, he would have you hanged.
I will not do to you what you deserve; but take care you never show yourself ..."
5. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... nor leave her for a kingdom ; so he continues off and on, as the toy takes
him, the object moves him, but most part brawling, fretting, unquiet he is, ..."
6. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... nor leave her for a kingdom ; so he continues off and on, as the toy takes
him, the object moves him, but most part brawling, fretting, unquiet he is, ..."
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