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argy-bargy
[ ahr-gee-bahr-gee ]
noun
Chiefly British.
plural argy-bargies.
- a vigorous discussion or dispute.
argy-bargy
/ ˈɑ˻åÏôɪˈ²úÉ‘Ë»åÏôɪ /
noun
- informal.a wrangling argument or verbal dispute Also calledargle-bargle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of argy-bargy1
First recorded in 1595–1605; alteration of argle-bargle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of argy-bargy1
C19: from Scottish, compound based on dialect argle, probably from argue
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And to us, in our city apartment, it does feel as if, in the gentle argy-bargy of family life, we’ve been educating each other.
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I don’t want to get into an argy-bargy about his character, we want to win this on policy.â€
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Spats, insults, intellectual argy-bargy, and then on Saturday a formal contest: Ireland v England.
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Either way, last term this race bestowed upon us a high level of argy-bargy, so let’s hope for more of that and see where we get to.
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Few analysts expect the current argy-bargy to turn into full-scale war.
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