dust-upn.
/ˈdʌstʌp/, U.S. /ˈdəstəp/ colloquial.
A quarrel, fight, disturbance; = dust n.1 5b.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of
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1897 Daily News 6 Mar. 7/3 They turned at the Lasher, and after a dust-up for about a minute in Iffley Reach did a nice piece of paddling back to the raft.
1897 S. L. Hinde Fall Congo Arabs 152 An American nigger said..they ain't had such a dust-up in this hole since creation.
1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness i. 31 [He] had thought Wednesday evening's dust-up none of his business.
1930 H. M. Tomlinson All our Yesterdays v. i. 391 Some fellows always thought they'd pulled it off..if they got out of a dust-up on the cheap.
1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral v. 123 He had a bit of a dust up with one of his girl friends.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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