argufy
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Not as we need argufy, because it wouldn’t be safe to try that game.
From King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale by J. B. Greene
Now, Barnabas," exclaimed his father, beginning to rasp his fingers to and fro across his great, square, shaven chin, "why argufy?
From The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol
I arn’t got no time to argufy about that, my lad.
From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by W. (William) Rainey
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 L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck
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
Morse argufied from one Oregon border to another and blanketed the state with TV spots.
From Time Magazine Archive
De Lord argufied wid him but de crab wouldn' listen, en he say he gwine put hit on.
From Literary Hearthstones of Dixie by La Salle Corbell Pickett
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 Thomas Morton
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 Mary Noailles Murfree
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 Lloyd Osbourne
If ever there was an iniquity on this earth it's a State Church, and all the argufying in the world won't put that out of me.”
From Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
He would not admit that he was afraid of her, and that despite all theoretical argufying, he deemed her above him in rank.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
But there is no use in argufying about it.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
Two things, in particular, I wish my nevy to avoid—namely, argufying in company, and speaking about himself.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
I'm to wed him—them's the terms—there ain't no use argufying, Hester; but it's all plain—Dent will clear Will, and keep out of prison hisself, for he's as clever as he's bad.
From A Girl of the People by L. T. Meade
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