pick-quarrel en · NOUN
Etymology
From pick + quarrel.
Meanings
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(archaic) A quarrelsome person; one ready to pick quarrels.
And on the other side, cursed be the peace-breakers, pickquarrels, whisperers, backbiters, sowers of discord, dispraisers of them that be good, to bring them out of favour, interpreters to evil that is done for a good purpose, finders of faults where none is […]
1849, The Parker Society:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pickquarrel | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pick-quarrels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |