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Donnybrook, donnybrook|ˈdɒnɪbrʊk|
[The name of Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, once famous for its annual fair.]
A scene of uproar and disorder; a riotous or uproarious meeting; a heated argument.
1852Blackw. Mag. Nov. 645/2 The Irish patriots insist on having a Donnybrook to themselves. 1887Kipling Plain Tales from Hills (1888) 69 Hindus and Mohammedans together raised an aimless sort of ‘Donnybrook’. 1915Lit. Digest 17 Apr. 863/2 A campaign which the New York World called a ‘Donnybrook’. 1964Word Study Feb. 1/1 The lexicographical donnybrook provoked by Webster's Third New International Dictionary. 1966Economist 12 Feb. 600/3 Imagine the Donnybrook there would be in France or Italy. |