Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Reproach or cavil; captious objection.
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Examples
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"History telleth of one Jacob Bunting, whose wife, several years younger than himself, played him certain sorry pranks with the young curate of the parish: the said Jacob, knowing nothing thereof, but furnishing great objectation unto his neighbours, by boasting that he turned an excellent penny by selling poultry to his reverence above market prices, -- 'For Bessy, my girl, I'm a man of the world -- augh!'"
Eugene Aram — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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