Usually means: Source of disagreement or conflict.
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  1. bone of contention: Collins English Dictionary
  2. bone of contention: Vocabulary.com
  3. bone of contention: Wiktionary
  4. bone of contention: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. bone of contention: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. bone of contention: Dictionary.com
  7. bone of contention: Rhymezone
  8. Bone of Contention: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. bone of contention: FreeDictionary.org
  10. bone of contention: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. bone of contention: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. bone of contention: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bone of contention: Legal dictionary

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  1. bone of contention: Idioms

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  1. bone of contention: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (idiomatic) Something that continues to be disputed; something on which no agreement can be reached.

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