Both Uses of
squabble
in
Kim, by Rudyard Kipling
- If he is any friend of thine (ye squabbled at your last meeting) I'll hale him here with horse-ropes and—and give him a caste-dinner afterwards, my son ...Get up and see the world!†
Chpt 15squabbled = argued -- typically over unimportant things
- The breezes fanned over him, the parrots shrieked at him, the noises of the populated house behind—squabbles, orders, and reproofs—hit on dead ears.†
Chpt 15 *squabbles = argues -- typically over unimportant things; or instances of such arguments
Definition:
an act or instance of arguing -- typically over unimportant things