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fratch
[ frach ]
verb (used with object)
- to disagree; quarrel.
noun
- a quarrel; argument; dispute.
fratch
/ frætʃ /
noun
- dialect.a quarrel
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Derived Forms
- ˈfratchy, adjective
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Other Words From
- fratcher noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fratch1
1400–50; late Middle English fracchen to creak, of uncertain origin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fratch1
C19: from obsolete fratch to make a harsh noise; perhaps of imitative origin
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Example Sentences
Dus'ta mind the fratch thoo telt me aboot atween Angus and auld Wilson?
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"Why, the last fratch of all, when Wilson gat the sneck posset frae Shoulthwaite," said Matthew.
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I mind I told him what he said over and over again about his fratch with that Garth.
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He had just had a "fratch" with the Quaker preachers on the subject of election.
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