Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A scuffle on equal terms; a balanced contest.
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Examples
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And what does that sacred book of Iliads contain but a kind of counter-scuffle between foolish kings and foolish people?
In Praise of Folly c. 1466-1536 1958
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Fighting and love-making, petty politics and scuffle upon counter-scuffle -- such was the life of the young French nobleman of whom
Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Edmund Gosse 1888
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And what does that sacred book of Iliads contain but a kind of counter-scuffle between foolish kings and foolish people?
The Praise of Folly Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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