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hammer and tongs
In a noisy, furious manner. Thus, 'They went at it hammer and tongs,' is said of persons quarrelling...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A name for pantaloons and roundabouts formerly in use in New England.
Children were playing on the green, the boys dressed in tongs; some in skirt-coats. &c.--Margaret, p. 34.
In a noisy, furious manner. Thus, 'They went at it hammer and tongs,' is said of persons quarrelling...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.