make-fray

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

make +‎ fray

Noun[edit]

make-fray (plural make-frays)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who instigates quarrels.
    Alternative form: makefray
    • a. 1656, Joseph Hall, “Satire IV”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 5, published 1810, page 276:
      If brabbling Make-fray, at each fair and size, / Picks quarrels for to show his valiantize,

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Translations[edit]

troublemaker — see troublemaker
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