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单词 counter-scuffle
释义

counter-scufflen.

Etymology: counter- prefix 2j.
Obsolete.
A scuffle between opposing parties or persons. (Sometimes, humorously, a scuffle in the Counter prison.)
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of
flitec1000
strifea1225
wara1300
pulla1400
lakec1420
contenta1450
stour?c1450
contentiona1500
pingle1543
agony1555
feudc1565
combat1567
skirmish1576
grapple1604
counter-scuffle1628
scuffle1641
agon1649
tug1660
tug of war1677
risse1684
struggle1692
palaver1707
hash1789
warsle1792
scrabble1794
set-to1794
go1823
bucklea1849
wrestle1850
tussle1857
head-to-head1884
scrum1905
battleground1931
shoot-out1953
mud-wrestle1986
1628 R. S. (title) The Counter Scuffle, whereunto is added the Counter Ratt.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 154 What fierce conflicts and counter-scuffles have been among people of various minds.
1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. Argt. 30 This Counter-Scuffle, I dare stand in't, The Goddess Discord had a hand in't.
1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. ix. 540 The Counter-scuffle at Petherton-Bridge, when two of his own Parties..fought with each other.

Derivatives

counter-ˈscuffler n. Obsolete one who engages in a counter-scuffle; a competitor.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who
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strivera1400
contender1547
struggler1554
contentioner1593
militant1610
contendent1623
combatant1646
conflicter1658
counter-scufflera1672
agonist1687
scrambler1687
protagonist1837
belligerent1839
a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 37 (note) The Mertonian counter-scufflers..tug as hard for a postmaster's place as commons.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

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