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chamailler

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Verb

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chamailler

  1. (reflexive, reciprocal) to bicker, to squabble, to quarrel, especially over something of little value
    Arrêtez enfin de vous chamailler !
    Stop bickering already!
    Mes enfants ne s’entendent pas du tout ; ils ne font que se chamailler.
    My kids don't get along; all they do is bicker.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Guy de Maupassant, “Toine”, in Les Contes normands:
      Depuis trente ans qu’ils étaient mariés, ils se chamaillaient tous les jours.
      For the thirty years they've been married, they've bickered every day.

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