caffle

intransitive verb

caf·​fle

ˈkafəl

-ed/-ing/-s

dialectal, England

: wrangle, argue

Word History

Etymology

alteration of cavil entry 1

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

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