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pick-quarrel

pick-quarrel noun: a quarrelsome person; one ready to pick quarrels.

Noun

pick-quarrel (plural pick-quarrels)

  1. (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 of pick-quarrel

pluralpick-quarrels
alternative formpickquarrel

Origin of pick-quarrel

From pick + quarrel.

Questions about pick-quarrel

What does pick-quarrel mean?
Pick-quarrel means a quarrelsome person; one ready to pick quarrels.
What part of speech is pick-quarrel?
Pick-quarrel is a noun.
What is the plural of pick-quarrel?
The plural of pick-quarrel is pick-quarrels.

Words near pick-quarrel in the dictionary

  1. pick-pocketed
  2. pick-pocketing
  3. pick-pockets
  4. pick-purse
  5. pick-purses
  6. pick-quarrel
  7. pick-quarrels
  8. pick-six
  9. pick-sixes
  10. pick-to-belt
  11. pick-to-box

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