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- adjective Prone to
squabble ;quarrelsome .
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Examples
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Peloponnesian War momentous; whereas really it was a petty family squabble among that most family-squabblesome of peoples, the Greeks.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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You can have Church of England and Unitarian and Buddhist under the same roof without courting disaster; the only Buddhist I ever had down here quarrelled with everybody, but that was on account of his naturally squabblesome temperament; it had nothing to do with his religion.
The Toys of Peace, and other papers 1870-1916 Saki 1893
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Meanwhile, somewhere across town, Rosario Dawson and Billy Bob Thornton are two squabblesome cops upholding the laws of LA.
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Meanwhile, somewhere across town, Rosario Dawson and Billy Bob Thornton are two squabblesome cops upholding the laws of LA.
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