[f. as prec. + -MENT.] = BICKERING sb.
1586. W. Webbe, Eng. Poetrie (Arb.), 46. Dreery byckerments of warres.
1682. Bunyan, Holy War, 91. 25. Thus the bickerment went awhile: at last they passed from words to blows.
1876. Blackie, Songs Relig. & Life, 142. The priesthood … rent the ears O’ the fevered time with fretful bickerment.
