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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(connected by Skeat with bike, to thrust or strike), an Old English word (traced from the r3th century) implying conflict or disputation. A poetical use, from the noise, is seen in Tennyson's Brook, " to bicker down the valley."

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bicker'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bicker.html. 1910.
 
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