brannigan
/ˈbranɪɡ(ə)n
/(also branigan)
noun North American informal
A brawl or violent argument.He remembered a violent brannigan they'd had because he'd kidded her cruelly one night about her ‘rust-proof furniture’....
- We had a brannigan about this at the Caughey home one night.
- The youngs and the olds have different opinions, so they can have a brannigan.
Origin
Late 19th century: of unknown origin; perhaps from the surname Brannigan.
- territorialism
- territorialist
- territoriality
- territorialization
- territorialize
- territorial limits
- territorially
- Territorial Regiment
- territorial sea
- territorial waters
- Territorian
- territoried
- territorium
- territory
- Territory rig
- territory rights
- territory wool
- terroir
- terror
- terror act
- terror bird
- terror-bombing
- terror drop
- terrorful
- terror-gleam