argufy
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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You’d better argufy with ’em, and bring that p’int home to ’em, Mr. Barnes.”
From Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America by Hyrst, H. W. G.
“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
I arn’t got no time to argufy about that, my lad.
From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by Rainey, W. (William)
He hang 'roun' de co'te house at Livingston an' listen to de lawyers argufy.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
You're the last man I'd have expected to hear argufy for faith without works.
From Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by MacDonald, George
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
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
He hev mighty nigh argufied me ter death,—'bout sperits, an' witches, an' salvation, an' law, an' craps, an' horse-flesh, an' weather signs.
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles
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
"But not in argufying over facts," retorted Trunnell.
From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins)
They were strung along the rail, and each one had his glass, or his neighbor's, and was pointing and discoursing and argufying and having a beautiful time.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow
But there is no use in argufying about it.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
"I have promised mother," said Bet; "there is no use argufying on that point."
From A Girl of the People by Meade, L. T.
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
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