Brabbling
to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.
noisy, quarrelsome chatter.
Historical Examples
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. Francois Rabelais
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) Thomas Carlyle
verb, noun
a rare word for squabble
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