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Noun: brannigan
Usage: US, informal
  1. A quarrel about petty points
    "Their discussion about the dinner menu turned into a brannigan";
    - bicker, bickering, spat [informal], tiff [informal], squabble, pettifoggery, fuss

Derived forms: brannigans

Type of: barney [Brit, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], bust-up [informal], ding-dong [Brit, informal], dustup [informal], dust-up, quarrel, row[2], run-in [informal], slanging match [Brit, informal], words, wrangle

Encyclopedia: Brannigan, Joseph