LekhoriLekhoriA noisy disagreement, often with some fighting
There was a wee bit of an argy-bargy over the dodgy matter.
To argue.
Ten minutes at the least did she stand at the door argy-bargying with that man.
From Scots, variant of argle-bargle, documented since 1822, presumably due to replacement of + -le (“frequentative”) with + -y (“diminutive”), documented since 1857, but without effect on the meaning.
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