Citations:argol-bargol

English citations of argol-bargol

• 1822, John Galt, The Provost

"Captain, no to argol-bargol about the matter,"

• 1853, Punch, volume 25, page 115

Wrangle, jangle, argol-bargol, still the Doctors diplomatic

But differ to agree again, and but agree to differ

• 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

God save Ireland from the likes of that bloody mouseabout. Mr. Bloom with his argol bargol.

• 1926, "From a Scottish Study: Novels and Characters from John Galt", Aberdeen Press and Journal, p. 5, iss. 1000, 13 February 1926.

There is Councillor Hickery, for example, home with a fortune from America, of whom the Provost says—"No doubt his argol-bargol disposition was an inheritance accumulated with his conquest of wealth from the mannerless Yankees"

(Note - this would seem to be a misquote of Galt for "argol-bargolous")