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- adverb In a state of conflict;
fighting ,scuffling .
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(adverb) - A familiar and very old phrase denoting to quarrel or fight. It alludes to the practice of dogs which, when fighting, seize each other by the ears. --John Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms 1849
April 22, 2018