argufy

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Now, Barnabas," exclaimed his father, beginning to rasp his fingers to and fro across his great, square, shaven chin, "why argufy?

From The Amateur Gentleman by Farnol, Jeffery

Well, zur, I'll argufy the topic, and then you may wait upon me, and I'll tell ye.

From Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden by Morton, Thomas

"Miss Prue and her pa do argufy to beat the band," Nancy remarked to Jenny the cook as she waited for hot cakes.

From The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man by Leonard, Mary Finley

You can talk an’ argufy fo’ fourteen years, but it won’t do no good.

From Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

She evinced a similar disposition to argufy with me, which I avoided by either laughing or yielding.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle