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单词 picker of quarrels
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picker of quarrels
3. A person who seeks and finds an opportunity or pretext, as picker of quarrels, etc.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > picking quarrels > one who
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c1518 Mary of Nemegen sig. Bii There shall ye see braggers & bosters & pyckers of quarels.
a1529 J. Skelton Agaynste Comely Coystrowne (c1530) i. 35 A bungler, a brawler a pyker of quarellys.
1564 J. Rastell Confut. Serm. M. Iuell f. 107v Peekers of quarells are abrode.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas A Picker of quarrels, qui omnem captat litigandi ansam, & venatur.
1710 J. Strype Hist. E. Grindal i. 112 The good Bishop had other Work to do, than to comply with such a Picker of Quarrels.
1947 R. Smith in D. Congdon Thirties (1962) 70 The loudmouth, the name-caller, and the picker of fights.
1973 Rev. Eng. Stud. 24 321 Mr. Robinson..is a picker of unconsidered quarrels, and C. S. Lewis..is one of his chief victims.
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