bunfight
Definitions
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- noun A grand formal party on an important occasion.
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- noun An argument or exchange.
Examples
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Out of this daft bunfight, Strauss and his collaborator Hoffmansthal shaped a masterpiece.
The Turn of the Screw; Ariadne auf Naxos; Les pêcheurs de perles; Mitsuko Uchida
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Frankly, given the chaos that ensued when a couple of hundred journalists were being admitted for a controlled preview, we can only assume the official opening will be a bunfight of epic proportions.
How to get the most out of Apple’s Sydney store | Lifehacker Australia
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Australia's biggest beef is now a long-distance bunfight, with a small Victorian town claiming burger bragging rights.
Terry Brown, 'War of the whoppers as towns battle over burgers,' The Telegraph
Note
The origin of ‘bunfight’ is unknown except that it first appeared in the late nineteenth century.
