flite
or flyte
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
Origin of flite
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How to use flite in a sentence
My guardian was contemplating Miss flite's birds, and I had no need to look beyond him.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.It was the room with the dark door, to which Miss flite had secretly directed my attention when I was last in the house.
Miss flite received the compliment with complacency, and dropped a general courtesy to us.
Reckon flite's notion was right, after all—ther' ort to be a workin'-man's chapel.
Romance of California Life | John HabbertonLad's love is lassie's delight, / And if lads won't love, lassies will flite (scold).
British Dictionary definitions for flite
(tr) to scold or rail at
a dispute or scolding
Origin of flite
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