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makefray

makefray is the alternative form of make-fray.

Meaning of make-fray

Noun

make-fray (plural make-frays)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who instigates quarrels.
    • If brabbling Make-fray, at each fair and size, / Picks quarrels for to show his valiantize,a. 1656, Joseph Hall, “Satire IV”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 5, published 1810, page 276
    Synonyms:
    breedbate, brewbate, makebate, make-debate

Forms of makefray

pluralmakefrays

Questions about makefray

What is makefray the alternative form of?
Makefray is the alternative form of make-fray.

Words near makefray in the dictionary

  1. makee
  2. makefast
  3. makefasts
  4. makefile
  5. makefiles
  6. makefray
  7. makefrays
  8. makegame
  9. makegames
  10. makegood
  11. makegoods

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