fratching

[ frach-ing ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. a quarrel; disagreement; argument.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fratching¹

First recorded in 1755–65; fratch + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

They were fratching—quarrelling—I could hear 'em as well as see 'em.

From Project Gutenberg

He set up his fratching at breakfast acause his porridge was burnt, and kept at it all day.

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Iverything had gone agee that day: butter wouldn't coom, Snowball had kicked ower the pail while I was milking her, and, atop o' all that, there was grandfather wi' his fratching ways.

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