slanging match
71row — I noun 1) rows of children Syn: line, column, file, queue, procession, chain, string, succession; informal crocodile 2) the middle row of seats Syn: tier, line, rank …
72slang — [18] Slang is a mystery word. It first appeared in underworld argot of the mid 18th century. It had a range of meanings – ‘cant’, ‘nonsense’, ‘line of business’, and, as a verb, ‘defraud’. Most of these have died out, but ‘cant’ is the lineal… …
73coward — In Act One of Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist, when Face and Subtle are having a slanging match, Subtle calls his housekeeper ‘Cow herd!’ Perhaps Jonson himself, and his audience, assumed that this was the original form of ‘coward’, though… …
74shrew — Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew has probably helped to keep this word alive, and to associate it almost exclusively with women. In Shakespeare’s own time it could equally well be applied to a man, one who was felt to be malignant, but …
75toad — The toad has been considered rather loathsome since at least the sixteenth century. Modern children might still call an unpleasant person ‘old toad’, but they would probably ensure that they were out of range of that person’s hands before… …
76slang — n. & v. n. words, phrases, and uses that are regarded as very informal and are often restricted to special contexts or are peculiar to a specified profession, class, etc. (racing slang; schoolboy slang). v. 1 tr. use abusive language to. 2 intr.… …
77exchange words — ARGUE, quarrel, squabble, have an argument/disagreement; informal have a slanging match. → exchange * * * exchange words ● exchange …
78Second Test, 2007–08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy — Umpire Steve Bucknor, whose decisions in the Test were controversial and led to him being dropped from officiating in the Third Test …
79Greg Chappell — Infobox cricketer biography playername = Greg Chappell country = Australia fullname = Gregory Stephen Chappell living = true dayofbirth = 7 monthofbirth = 8 yearofbirth = 1948 placeofbirth = Unley, South Australia countryofbirth = Australia… …
