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Webster 1828 Edition

ppr.

Beating, impelling or tossing from one to another; agitating in controversy without ceremony.

bandying

bandying ‎(plural bandyings)

The act of one who bandies.
- Benjamin Franklin
  Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.