stramash
Americannoun
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of stramash
First recorded in 1795–1805; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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It feels as if the Vettel-Hamilton stramash in Baku has brought the campaign to the boil, even if both have struck a more emollient tone towards each other in recent days.
From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2017
Indeed the debate has often been described as "an ugly stramash".
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2014
The Caledonian Mercury has attempted to describe the key components of a stramash for the uninitiated.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2014
The Big Yin, so called, is no stranger to controversy – and this week's stramash is of the type that Billy Connolly has caused, and survived, on countless previous occasions.
From The Guardian • May 7, 2013
Yon was a deevil o' a stramash, Mirran.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
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