argufy
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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
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
She evinced a similar disposition to argufy with me, which I avoided by either laughing or yielding.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
He wished to know what fault he had committed, and was told not to "argufy."
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
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
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
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
As neither bloke cud stand alone, they leaned 'n' argufied Which was the patient sufferer oo's turn it was to ride.
From 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse by Edward Dyson
They were strung along the rail, and each one had his glass, or his neighbor's, and was pointing and discoursing and argufying and having a beautiful time.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine
"They're still argufying," he said, indicating the closed drawing-room doors with a jerk of his thumb.
From I Spy by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
No, sink me, when I finds I'm argufying agin the world,—agin facts,—I tries to give in some and let the world get the best o' the argument.
From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains
"But not in argufying over facts," retorted Trunnell.
From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains
Lem'me tell you the Gord's truth; argufying with lie-yers is wuss than shootin' at di-dappers, and that is sport I don't hanker after.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
