argy-bargy

Well, since you cannot see Madame le Bargy, and since you have no message for her, I must ask you please to excuse me.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
Sum folks when tha fite, will throw the fust brik bat tha kan git hold ov, jist so sum folks will du when tha argy.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
I argy in this way, if a man is right he cant be too radikal, if he is rong he kant be too conservatiff.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
Yu may argy a bull Tarrier out ov a bone, but yu kant argy a woman out ov her will.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw

Theoretikally konsidered, it kan out-argy all the logik in existence.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings|Henry W. Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for argy-bargy

argy-bargy

argie-bargie

/ (ˈɑːdʒɪˈbɑːdʒɪ) /

noun plural -bargies

British informal a wrangling argument or verbal disputeAlso called: argle-bargle

Word Origin for argy-bargy

C19: from Scottish, compound based on dialect argle, probably from argue

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