bandy with

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I will not bandy with thee word for word,     But buckler with thee blows, twice two for one.

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William

And yet," said William Douglas, gravely, "words are all that you dare bandy with me.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

Those monastery celibates, who are well equipped to bandy with their equals, are mere braying bumpkins when they have to do with embroidered waistcoats and amorous hearts.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

All the next day Nanking played ball and bandy with the Susquehannock boys, and taught them jack-stones and how to make a shuttlecock.

From Tales of the Chesapeake by Townsend, George Alfred

Brother, display my ensigns in the field: I'll bandy with the barons and the earls, And either die or live with Gaveston.

From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold