argy-bargy

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JAMES [who would like to sit down and have an argy-bargy].

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  • Liverpool boss Benitez: Mascherano will bounce back from argy-bargy —  tribalfootball.com
  • Suitably disguised in Class War t-shirt and dreadlocks, and accompanied by the obligatory dog on a string, he first mixed with unwashed masses roaming the streets in packs looking for a bit of argy-bargy with the Old Bill, which is exactly what they got: —  The Register
  • They talk all day, perhaps have a little argy-bargy, but then emerge with a summary of what they've agreed - the communique. —  Perfect Path
  • It's to get bums on seats, to persuade people who'd run a mile from an evening of political debate with the chattering classes to turn up for a bhaji and a bit of argy-bargy on the side - whatever their views on further devolution. —  BBC Blog Network
  • There's a lot of argy-bargy right now and it's all got a very nationalistic tone. —  Saab Cars - Trollhattan Saab
 

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  1. Scots, reduplication of argie, argument, from argue.
 

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