dust-up en · NOUN
Etymology
Deverbal from dust up.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of dustup.
alt of dustup
There's market gardening, a ruined abbey with an isolated belltower, a battlefield trail and festival recalling a dust-up of 1265, and a plaque on the old Midland station.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and fact behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, pages 58–59:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dust-ups | Number=Plur | lexicographic |