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1. Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.] These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants. Saintsbury. Source: webster

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