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Small dust-up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spat

(Other definitions for spat that I've seen before include "Trivial quarrel" , "Small altercations between Pats" , "Pat's involved in petty quarrel" , "Bickering" , "Reacted contemptuously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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