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bones of contention

n. (bone of contention English)

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Bones of Contention

Bones of Contention is a 1936 short story collection by Frank O'Connor featuring the following stories:

  • Michael's Wife
  • Orpheus and His Lute
  • Peasants
  • In the Train
  • The Majesty of the Law
  • Tears - Idle Tears
  • Lofty
  • The Man That Stopped
  • The English Soldier
  • Bones of Contention
  • What's Wrong With the Country?
  • A Romantic

Usage examples of "bones of contention".

One of her bones of contention had been that he never acknowledged what he had done to her.