Rowdy
['raʊdɪ] or ['raʊdi]
Definition
(n.) One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.
Editor: Lou
Examples
- She seems good-natured but insipid, said Mrs. Rowdy; that Major seems to be particularly epris. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Stumpy and Rowdy, to lie in the cellars of those eminent bankers until the same period should arrive. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It doesn't look well, his going to Stumpy and Rowdy's. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I say, tune up, now, something real rowdy,--quick! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There was no frantic crowding and jostling, no shouting and swearing, and no swaggering intrusion of services by rowdy hackmen. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That poor dear Mrs. Bullock, said Rowdy to Hollyock, as they drove away together--she is always scheming and managing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her father paid more money into Stumpy and Rowdy's. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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