Jawing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A scolding.

    "There were jawings, bickerings, heart-burnings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of jaw form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"There were jawings, bickerings, heart-burnings."

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