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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Dudgeon

When civil dudgeon first grew high,
And men fell out, they knew not why;
When hard words, jealousies, and fears,
Set folks together by the ears.
Butler.—Hudibras, Part I. Canto I. Line 1.