batrachomyomachy

Definitions

A petty quarrel.

Examples

“"And all 'prentice-boys, The bold lads shall fight⟳ first, with good quarterstaves, in Bideford Market, till all heads are broken; and the head which is not broken, let⟳ the back belong⟳ to it pay⟳ the penalty of the noble member's cowardice. After which grand tournament, to which that of Tottenham shall be but a flea-bite and a batrachomyomachy——"”

“Between these two kinds there rages a natural warfare as worthy of a burlesque poet as any batrachomyomachy that ever was fought out. It is no bad sport to watch⟳ through a magnifying glass the reciprocal attack and defence of their little lines of battle and posts of vantage.”

“Among mammals, stoats and weasels have⟳ been mentioned as likely allies, in this batrachomyomachy where the frogs are men, but the alliance, certainly in the case of stoats, would prove⟳ dangerous.”

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