The Only Use of "altercation" in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

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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. 131.7

altercation = noisy argument

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(1) (altercation)
a noisy argument, confrontation, or fight
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)