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Meanings of little skirmish in English

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Usage of little skirmish in English
1
He said the recent strikes were not a war but a little skirmish.
The new yorker
2
And he was killed, poor dear old boy, in some footy little skirmish.
The Far Horizon
3
A little skirmish ensued, and we looked on from the window.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 02
4
Now began as pretty a little skirmish as you could wish to see.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
5
This Turco-Italian scrape is only one little skirmish in it.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 / The Recent Da...
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Nineteen killed and twenty-three wounded were our losses in this most sanguinary little skirmish.
The Great Boer War
7
We have had our little skirmish-wehave really been wonderfully clever on both sides.
No Thoroughfare
8
You remember that little skirmish that took place in '75?
The Honorable Percival
9
The Countess was amused at the little skirmish, though she knew that Claudius was right.
Doctor Claudius, A True Story
10
But now and then I have a little skirmish.
The Amazing Interlude
11
This little skirmish made a prodigious noise in its day, and was much heralded in France.
George Washington, Volume I
12
A little skirmish ensued, in which the Rebels gave way, the loss on either side being trifling.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
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A little skirmish of words ensued.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
14
There was a little skirmish and my brother Brian hit the ball across the face of the box.
The Guardian
15
Let's wish that your worthy opponent doesn't find out about this little skirmish between you and Summer's previous lover-boy.
The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year
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The little skirmish continued for a few minutes, extending along a winding line of nearly a mile through the thickets.
The Shades of the Wilderness: A Story of Lee's Great Stand
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