All 3 Uses of
squabble
in
Crime and Punishment
- Sometimes it seemed as though there were a number of people round him; they wanted to take him away somewhere, there was a great deal of squabbling and discussing about him.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- "Your papa as you are well aware I had not the honour of knowing" (someone laughed aloud) "and I do not intend to take part in your everlasting squabbles with Amalia Ivanovna….†
Chpt 5.3
- If she heard laughter or jeering in the crowd, she would rush at once at the scoffers and begin squabbling with them.†
Chpt 5.5
Definition:
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(squabble) an act or instance of arguing -- typically over unimportant things