单词 | paper war |
释义 | > as lemmaspaper war paper war n. an acrimonious feud or argument conducted in print; a war restricted to written threats, accusations, etc. ΚΠ 1710 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1873) II. 319 On the Paper-War betwixt High and Low Church. 1846 G. G. Meade Let. 26 Jan. in Life & Lett. (1913) I. 47 I have no idea we will ever get a fight out of them; it will be a paper war entirely. 1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 141/2 In 1721–2 he waded into the paper war over the so-called ‘Bangorian controversy’ initiated by the sermon on church government by Benjamin Hoadly, bishop of Bangor. < as lemmas |
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