The Only Use
altercation
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- After one altercation when Jem hollered, "It's time you started bein' a girl and acting right!" I burst into tears and fled to Calpurnia.
p. 131.7altercation = noisy argument
Definitions:
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(1)
(altercation) a noisy argument, confrontation, or fight
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)