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fratching

American  
[frach-ing] / ˈfrætʃ ɪŋ /

noun

British Dialect.
  1. a quarrel; disagreement; argument.


Etymology

Origin of fratching

First recorded in 1755–65; fratch + -ing 1

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Iverything had gone agee that day: butter wouldn't coom, Snowball had kicked ower the pail while I was milking her, and, atop o' all that, there was grandfather wi' his fratching ways.

From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman

He set up his fratching at breakfast acause his porridge was burnt, and kept at it all day.

From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman

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