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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrangled}; p. pr & vb
n. {Wrangling}.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See {Wrong},
{Wring}.]
1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.]
2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to
brawl; to altercate. ``In spite of occasional
wranglings.'' --Macaulay.
For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak.
He did not know what it was to wrangle on
indifferent points. --Addison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wrangling
n : an instance of intense bargaining [syn: {haggle}, {haggling},
{wrangle}]
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