FRATCH

DEFINITIONS CONTINUED
NOUNS
        2. a rude, quarrelsome person; a playful or frolicsome child (dialect)
              3. a lie; a petty deception or theft (dialect)
VERBS
        1. to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with (chiefly dialect)
                2. to worry about trifles; to fret, to grumble (dialect)
                3. to lie; to shuffle or cheat in joke; to boast unduly (dialect)
                4. to sport, to frolic (dialect)
                5. to praise (dialect)
                6. to make a harsh or strident noise; to creak, as a cart (obsolete)

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ETYMOLOGY
? onomatopœic

EXAMPLE
From: Belgravia
An Illustrated London Magazine
Vol. LIII. March to June 1884
'The Wearing of the Green' . By Basil.  Chapter XXIII. A Sunday-School Class. P. 500