argufy
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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He wished to know what fault he had committed, and was told not to "argufy."
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
“Why don’t you mind your own business and go to sleep?” says Common-sense; and as I was too tired to argufy, I made no answer, but went off sound.
From Midnight Webs by Fenn, George Manville
You can talk an’ argufy fo’ fourteen years, but it won’t do no good.
From Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
For what skill had I to argufy with a man of such infinite parts?
From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)
"Miss Prue and her pa do argufy to beat the band," Nancy remarked to Jenny the cook as she waited for hot cakes.
From The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man by Leonard, Mary Finley
Morse argufied from one Oregon border to another and blanketed the state with TV spots.
From Time Magazine Archive
As neither bloke cud stand alone, they leaned 'n' argufied Which was the patient sufferer oo's turn it was to ride.
From 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse by Dyson, Edward
We argufied over him for an hour, and it seemed all to no purpose, he refusing to budge an inch, saying he weighed two hundred and twenty pounds, and was better off in the attic.
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd
De Lord argufied wid him but de crab wouldn' listen, en he say he gwine put hit on.
From Literary Hearthstones of Dixie by Pickett, La Salle Corbell
Zur, I have argufied the topic, and it wou'dn't be pratty—zo I can't.
From Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden by Morton, Thomas
"But not in argufying over facts," retorted Trunnell.
From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins)
Lem'me tell you the Gord's truth; argufying with lie-yers is wuss than shootin' at di-dappers, and that is sport I don't hanker after.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
He was the central sun below stairs, and passed judgment upon the social order without stint, even occasionally to argufying economics with his master, the Baron, as he brushed his breech.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Hubbard, Elbert
This sort of argufying ain't going to carry my mail-bags along the river.'
From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.
You're both argufying a good bit too fast there, Whilst that which you stand on seems wobbling.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 17, 1891 by Various
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