Make-fray

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who instigates quarrels. obsolete

    "If brabbling Make-fray, at each fair and size, / Picks quarrels for to show his valiantize,"

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"If brabbling Make-fray, at each fair and size, / Picks quarrels for to show his valiantize,"

Etymology

From make + fray.

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