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bone of contention | American Dictionary. idiom. Add to word list. something that two people or groups cannot agree about: Money is a common bone of contention in many marriages. (Definition of a bone of contention from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of a bone of contention. a bone of contention.
May 7, 2012 · The Suit on the Set: Directed by Emile B. Levisetti. With Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor. The corpse of the boss of the Hollywood studio where extravagant British director Joco Kent is filming "Bone of Contention", an action movie based on a book by Bones, is dropped in a clumsy attempt to cover up a bizarre ...
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Bones of Contention: Directed by Douglas Green. With Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Keene Curtis. Raymond Parmel, a murderous former soldier, claims to have the remains of Peking Man, the fossilized bones of prehistoric humans found in China in the 1930s that disappeared shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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Bone of contention definition: a subject, cause, or focal point of a dispute. See examples of BONE OF CONTENTION used in a sentence.
Fig. the subject or point of an argument; an unsettled point of disagreement. We've fought for so long that we've forgotten what the bone of contention is.The question of a fence between the houses has become quite a bone of contention. See also: bone, contention, of.
Definition: A source of continuing, unsettled disagreement. This phrase specifies a particular point that no one can agree upon; it is the primary issue of disagreement between two people or two groups of people over an extended period of time. Some sources list bone alone as meaning the topic of dispute, with of contention being a common modifier.
1 day ago · a matter for argument; subject about which there is disagreement. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. bone of contention in American English. noun. a subject, cause, or focal point of a dispute.
