tiff
noun
a slight or petty quarrel.
Example Sentences
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Recently he has tiffed with his superior, Secretary Harold Ickes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the two tiffed on the bench.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the lovers tiffed, the corpses looked "woebegone and reproachful."
From Time Magazine Archive
We tiffed a little going to church, and fairly quarrelled before the bells had done ringing.
From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education
They had tiffed occasionally, and broken off the friendship, and once I believe returned letters.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Elbert Hubbard
