BANDY WORDS, BANDYING
NOUNS
► JACTITATION bandying to and fro; discussion → 1761 obs.
VERBS
► ARGLE-BARGLE to bandy words; to haggle; to argue, quarrel, cavil, dispute, contend → 1727 chiefly Eng. dial. & Sc.
► ARGUY-BARGUY to bandy words; to argue, to dispute → 1885 Sc.
► BALK ► BAULK to bandy words; to meet arguments with objections; to quibble → 1596 obs.
► BARGLE to bandy words, to wrangle, to carry on a useless controversy → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► EIKSUPICKSY to bandy words; to argue → 1915 Sc.
► FAIRD to bandy ill words with → 1818 Sc. obs.
► PARLEY to bandy words; to quarrel, to argue → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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