Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

fratch

English answer:

squabble, bicker,argue

Added to glossary by amarilis
Jul 23, 2002 05:59
22 yrs ago
English term

fratch

Non-PRO English Art/Literary
"Joe and I were fratching on the back seat..."

Can anyone tell me what "fratch" is ?
Thank you very much in advance.

Responses

+2
2 hrs
Selected

squabbling, bickering, winding each other up

as kids love to do, especially on long car journeys (mind you, it doesn't say these are kids...must be the long Summer Holidays that put that into my mind)!
Peer comment(s):

agree airmailrpl : squabbling, bickering
2 hrs
Thanks
agree John Kinory (X) : Doesn't have to be kids. It's a Northern term (see Priestley's When We Were Married)
5 hrs
Thanks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much for your help :)"
+4
10 mins

to quarrel

hth
pwk

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Note added at 2002-07-23 06:19:53 (GMT)
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http://members.tripod.com/~midgley/dialect.html
Peer comment(s):

agree CHENOUMI (X)
16 mins
thank you
agree airmailrpl : quarrelling
4 hrs
thank you
agree Ingrid Petit
6 hrs
thank you
agree Luz Dumanowsky
9 hrs
thank you
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+2
11 mins

a fratch is a dispute, an argument

see link below, please.
HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree CHENOUMI (X)
16 mins
agree airmailrpl : arguing
4 hrs
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9 hrs

argue

fratch stands for arguing, i.e. when you dispute with somebody about something.
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