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nounmake-fray (plural make-frays)
plural make-frays
- obsoleteSomeone who instigates quarrels.
If brabbling Make-fray, at each fair and size, / Picks quarrels for to show his valiantize,
a. 1656, Joseph Hall, “Satire IV”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 5, published 1810, page 276Synonyms: breedbate, brewbate, makebate, make-debate
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nounSomeone who instigates quarrels.
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