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English
Etymology
From make + fray.
Noun
make-fray (plural make-frays)
- (obsolete) Someone who instigates quarrels.
- Alternative form: makefray
a. 1656, Joseph Hall, “Satire IV”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 5, published 1810, page 276:If brabbling Make-fray, at each fair and size, / Picks quarrels for to show his valiantize,
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